President Bola Tinubu has cautioned the media against pulling the country down with irresponsible reporting.
Tinubu disclosed this on Thursday at the first State House Press Corps Presidential Dinner held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He also urged the media not to be used as megaphones for bandits and terrorists as it will affect the citizens especially at a time when the nation is tackling security threats, neutralising thousands of criminal elements and rescuing hostages.
“The media must resist the temptation of becoming the megaphones for terrorists and kidnappers,” he said.
We should not hurt our country with irresponsible reporting. If we do, there will be no safe space left, especially at a time when our nation is battling security threats, neutralising thousands of criminal elements and rescuing hostages.
“The media should not be an amplifier for those who want to do us harm.
“The government has to act, the media has to watch, the government has to explain, and the media has to question.”
In other news, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has described President Tinubu as a miracle worker.
He said no president in Nigeria has commissioned as many projects as President Bola Tinubu in the first three years in office.
The Senate President stated this on Thursday, during the commissioning of the Old Keffi Road from Kado Fish Market to Deidei, to mark Tinubu’s third year in office.
“I am here to represent the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the performing president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, and I am so honoured to be here,” Akpabio, who was representing Tinubu at the commissioning, said. “I have not seen any president in Nigeria who on his anniversary, 1st, 2nd, 3rd commissioned the number of projects that this president has commissioned across the country.”
