The Next Edition
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
No Result
View All Result
The Next Edition
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
Home Featured

Don’t Gag The Media, PDP Reps Tell Buhari

Next Edition by Next Edition
August 28, 2021
in Featured
Ozigbo
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

The Peoples Democratic (PDP) caucus of the House of Representatives has kicked against the alleged move by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to use the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and security agents to stifle press freedom through sanctions and harassment.

In a statement issued on Friday, Kingsley Chinda, leader of the caucus, said the latest notice of infraction issued by the NBC against Channels Television and subsequent grilling of some anchors of the station by the DSS over its interview with Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State was an “abuse of democracy and move to stifle press freedom”.

You might also like

Akpabio Mourns Kano Billionaire Philanthropist, Aminu Dantata

Babcock Varsity Final-Year Student Commits Suicide In Lagos After Suspension For Exam Malpractice

Tinubu Receives Queen Mary Elizabeth Of Denmark At State House

The opposition lawmakers said it was ludicrous that the Federal Government was busy clamping down on media houses and journalists at a time the nation was drifting into a “Hobbesian state amidst the raging insecurity currently engulfing the nation.”

“Certainly, there are more pressing issues demanding statecraft and leadership than the hounding of journalists and repression of the media merely on account of interviews granted by opposition figures.”

“We are also monitoring widespread reports that members of staff of Channels Television have been invited to the office of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) for interrogation in connection with their handling of the programme.

“The government of President Muhammadu Buhari is preoccupied with hounding perceived enemies of the administration and stifling the press, acts which are antithetical to democratic ethos.

READ ALSO: Breaking: Court Sacks Secondus

“The assault on press freedom has reached a crescendo under this administration. Little wonder that Nigeria has emerged as the most dangerous place in West Africa for journalists, according to a survey released by global media advocacy organization, Reporters without Borders also known as Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) to mark the 2020 World Press Freedom Day.

“We therefore call on President Muhammadu Buhari to live up to his mandate to defend and protect the Constitution by immediately directing all relevant organs of State to desist from any further harassment of Channels Television or any other print or electronic media platform, as same violates the provisions of Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution which guarantees freedom of expression and, by extension, Press freedom”, the PDP caucus said in the statement.

The PDP caucus also called for “the immediate and unconditional release of any journalist arrested and/or detained by any law enforcement agency simply for exercising his /her journalistic license.”

Tags: administrationFederal GovernmentinsecurityLawmakersleadershipNational Broadcasting Commission (NBC)PDPPresident Muhammadu Buhari
Next Edition

Next Edition

Recommended For You

Just In: Business Mogul Aminu Dantata Dies At 94

Akpabio Mourns Kano Billionaire Philanthropist, Aminu Dantata

  President of the Senate, Senator enate President Godswill Akpabio, GCON, has expressed sadness over the death of a renowned Philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Dantata who died on Friday....

Babcock University Says Students In Viral Sex Tape Have Been Expelled

Babcock Varsity Final-Year Student Commits Suicide In Lagos After Suspension For Exam Malpractice

  A final-year student of Babcock University, Joshua Lawson, has tragically ended his life after being suspended for a year over alleged examination malpractice. He was due to...

Alt="President Bola Ahmed Tinubu"

Tinubu Receives Queen Mary Elizabeth Of Denmark At State House

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, received Her Majesty, Queen Mary Elizabeth of Denmark, at the State House in Abuja.   The European monarch received a warm welcome at...

Tinubu Hands Over ECOWAS Leadership To Sierra Leone’s Bio

Tinubu Hands Over ECOWAS Leadership To Sierra Leone’s Bio

With a call on regional leaders to remain vigilant and responsive to the evolving needs of citizens, particularly youth, women and the vulnerable, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday...

Next Post
bethel

Bandits Release 32 More Students Of Kaduna Baptist School




Related News

ABLAZE

Court Remands Butcher Over Alleged Attempt To Kill His Father

JAMB Registrar, Customs CG, Dangote Others Receive National Productivity Awards

JAMB Registrar, Customs CG, Dangote Others Receive National Productivity Awards

Housekeeper, Accomplice Remanded For Allegedly Robbing Employer Of $14,000, Cell Phone

Inheritance Fraud: Prince Bags 1 Year Imprisonment For Forgery




The Next Edition

Office Address

3B, Agboola Aina street, Off Toyin Street,
Ikeja, Lagos.

Quick Contact Details

Phone:
08033018430
Whatsapp:
08051679910

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Categories

  • Aviation
  • Beauty
  • Breaking News
  • Business
  • Columnists
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Featured
  • Football
  • Foreign
  • Headline News
  • Home & Garden
  • Interviews
  • Investigations
  • North Central
  • North East
  • North West
  • Opinion
  • Parenting
  • Politics
  • Relationships
  • South East
  • South West
  • South-South
  • Special Reports
  • Sports
  • Top News
  • Vox Pops

© Next Edition Business Development Limited

  • About Us
  • Advert Rate
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate

© Next Edition Business Development Limited