Oluomo stated that the proposed legal framework “will gag the press and silence the masses thereby preventing them from amplifying our democratic development.”He spoke on Tuesday at floor of house in Abeokuta, while delivering his welcome address during the presentation of 2020 budget by Governor Dapo Abiodun.
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