The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Saturday pleaded with the media to support the Federal Government in its effort to contain insurgency and banditry in Nigeria.
The minister, represented by the Director of Information in the ministry, Mr Sunday Baba, made the call at the 2019 Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors at Ikeja, Lagos.
Mohammed also urged the media to support the military and the present administration’s effort to bequeath a virile and egalitarian society through concerted and sustained attacks on the ills of society.
Elsewhere, The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Saturday in Abuja, made a robust case for freedom of the press and asked the judiciary to step up the plate and give consequence to citizens liberty through courageous and independent pronouncements and decisions.
Speaking at a two-day conference organized to mark the Press Freedom Day in Abuja, said that press freedom in the country is not negotiable in spite all the direct violence and other challenges facing journalists.
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