…Says Press freedom fundamental to sustenance of rule of law, democracy, good governanceABUJA-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration, saying that press freedom under the commander-in-Chief is nothing but a banality.
The the charges were contained in his remarks at the opening ceremony of a conference organised by Premium Times Centre For Investigative Journalism and and European Union’s Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme to mark the 2019 World Press Freedom Day in Abuja. “Press Freedom, which is the focus of this celebration, is very fundamental to the sustenance of the principles of the Rule of Law, Open Government, Democracy, societal peace and order, as well as the delivery of good governance.”
Assessing the state of government and Press relations in Nigeria under the present dispensation, the Speaker said, “it is fair to say that it is anything but banal.
vanguardngr Oho you can never come back as speaker of the house it is over.
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