The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has assured that journalists practicing in the country have nothing to fear from the Nigerian government in the performance of their duties.

According to him, “Under this dispensation, we have never even contemplated stifling the freedom of the media not to talk of hounding them to death,” the Minister said in Doha on Sunday when he featured as a panelist at the ongoing 2016 Annual Congress of the International Press Institute IPI in the Qatari capital.”Not a single journalist is in detention in Nigeria today.

The government of the day is not a threat to the media, and it is not about to stifle press freedom or deny anyone his or her constitutionally guaranteed rights.

”A statement issued in Doha, Qatar by the Special Assistant to the Minister, Segun Adeyemi, on Monday quoted him as declaring this at the session devoted to a debate on the implementation of the document on the”International Declaration On The Protection of Journalists”’, which was presented at the Congress.

Mohammed said having identified lack of communication and mutual suspicion as part of the reasons for regular frictions between the government and the media in Nigeria, he had taken measures to enhance communication and also reduce suspicion between the two.”

These (measures) include strengthening the rapport between the government and the media, which I have done by meeting with the major stakeholders in the media industry, and setting up a committee between the media and the security/intelligence agencies to deepen communication and understanding,” he said.

The Minister also said while the government has ensured the protection of the premises of vulnerable media establishments when required to do so, that does not affect the independence of such organisaions.

Commenting on the role of governments which regularly targets journalists for their work, he said ”the state which ought to protect life should not be the one to snuff it out.”

Mohammed stressed the need for capacity building for media practitioners as a way of enhancing the performance of their duties, saying the local chapters of the IPI and other media organizations have a role to play in this regard.


source:http://dailypost.ng/2016/03/21/journalists-have-nothing-to-fear-under-buhari-lai-mohammed/

Another fat lie from the lair himself

So much to learn frm dis man,well done sir..

Journalists believe this man at your own peril

he go deny later o, just watch out

Now where does ur topic reflect in ur article... #haveublamedGEJtoday

Well done Mr Lai!!

They will soon call you a liar....

But we no send as long as we are in Government, they can all go and die!!!

If they Love Fayose, Wike, GEJ,

I tell them that "Dullard" Buhari is my Mentor!!

Sai Buhari

Sai APC!!

All thanks to GEJ just for this...
He left the legacy of freedom of speech.

After bribing and corrupting the media with Aisha sweet jollof rice.

Good one sir!

With the way Buhari harassed the premium times journalist on national tv you don't want them to fear the dictAtor

Amechi almost slap a journalist for asking him question in port harcourt you still don't want them to fear.

Oga lai Mohammed go and sleep you are the most use information minister in the history of Nigeria