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Lai MohammedThe readers may be wondering why I say again. It is to connect the past with the present. It is about Lai Mohammed’s unrelenting efforts to hamstring the media since 2017. It is not unusual in these climes to have spacecraft in readiness to transport leaders into the clouds for them to lose their heads.
Exactly 32 years ago, I wrote in these pages, drawing the attention of President Ibrahim Babangida to the cheer orchestra and the clapping crowd around him. The piece was captioned “Amicus Plato…” It reads as follows: x
“In a period of disquiet, all manner of suggestion and criticisms inundate those interested in public affairs. Usually, attention shifts to criticisms to see what can be learned from upbraiding, to see who is making the criticisms and to ferret the motives of the critics. Is the criticism in the normal course of duty of professional critics? When does a critic become a security risk? In the period of unease
The front page advertorial further read: “This is what the National Assembly wants to achieve with the NPC and NBC (Media) Act amendment Bill.”
“It is not just against the media… it’s about society’s right to know, your right to be heard,” it further posited.
The message was endorsed by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guide of Editors (NGE) and the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN).
The media protest followed the proposed Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) bill before the Federal House of Representatives.
The new bill is tagged: “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Nigerian Press Council Act CAP N128 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1992 to Remove Bottlenecks Affecting Its Performance and Make the Council in Tune with The Current Realities in Regulating Press and For Related Matters.”
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