A consortium of four media development and media freedom organisations have opposed the proposed amendment of the Nigerian Press Council Act by thesaying the measures contained in the amendment Bill seek to make the government the arbiter of truth while subjecting the entire media sector in Nigeria to the control of the Minister of Information and Culture in violation of internationally accepted norms and standards.
Presented by Lanre Arogundade, IPC’s Executive Director, on their behalf, the groups said although regulation is necessary in “this age of fake news and hate speech” such regulation should not erode media independence or freedom and should not be unduly punitive, adding that the “regulator must also be free of the stranglehold of the powers that be, political or other interests, so that it can judiciously adjudicate in matters bothering on the infringement of the code of ethics of the...
They complained that the amendments as currently proposed would give exclusive powers on the composition of the board of such sensitive body like the press council whose independence is of paramount importance, to the president and the minister without confirmation by the National Assembly unlike what obtains with other regulatory bodies such as the Nigerian Communications Commission .
According to them, the proposed amendment to the functions of the Council has the additional effect of making the Nigerian media a department of the Federal Ministry of Information and subjecting the entire media sector to the control of the minister by giving him the power to approve a national Press Code and standards to guide conduct of print media, related media houses and media practitioners.
It shouldn't be done in a haste.
Have they seen the Bill and its contents?
God I hate this shit....
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