Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu , and the Peoples Democratic Party senatorial candidate for Ondo Central, Chief Ifedayo Adedipe , have insisted that roles of journalists and media organisations are critical to a successful elections and transition of power in the country.
Akeredolu and Adedipe gave the charge in Akure, the state capital, at the 2022 Press Week Opening Ceremony/Symposium organised by the state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists , with the theme: ‘2023 Elections: Media Roles in the Quest for Desirable Leadership’. The PDP candidate said: “The media is singled out in the constitutional provision to hold the government accountable, and it is the role of the press, according to the constitution, to report objectively and hold the government accountable, so one of the roles we expect from the media in 2023 elections will be to hold whoever hopes to be our leaders accountable.
Adedipe also commended the state governor for championing the course of Amotekun formation in the Southwest region.
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