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The HMIC, Alh. Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has clarified that the Federal Government did not the sponsor the bills in the National Assembly purportedly meant to stifle the press. Speaking in Lagos, yesterday, Mohammed said the bills concerning the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) were private member bills sponsored by a lawmaker. He said: “First, let me say how disappointed I am that those who have been berating me on these bills have been doing so on a false premise that the Federal Government had sponsored bills to stifle the press. This is a classic case of misinformation because the Federal Government did not sponsor any bill to gag the press. It baffles me that those who rushed to the media to slam the government didn’t even try to verify the facts.”

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