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Nigerian newspapers have jointly published the same front page as part of a campaign by the country s media industry to oppose two media bills that they see as undermining press freedom in the country.
Alongside the words information blackout is an image of what appears to be a child with jail bars replacing the mouth.
The Nigerian Press Council (NPC), and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) bills list fines of up to 5m naira ($12,100; £8,700) for journalists and media houses who do not “ensure truthful, genuine and quality services”.
If the bills become law, those convicted could be jailed for up to three years.
He spoke in Abuja at the Second Dinner/Award Night organised by the House of Representatives Press Corps, with the theme ‘Recognising Good Governance and Legislative Excellence in the Face of Adversity’.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) had, in a joint release on the front pages of major national dailies on Monday accused the National Assembly of planning to achieve “information blackout” with the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission and the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act Amendment Bills.
Parts of the proposed amendments will empower the minister of information to issue licenses to print and broadcast media, and penalise journalists and media organisations for offenses already covered under the country’s penal and criminal codes.