The President of Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Chris Isiguzo, has appealed to Nigerians to assist the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying that issues within the nation began earlier than he got here on board.
Isiguzo mentioned this on Tuesday throughout a particular congress of the Abia State NUJ Council, in Umuahia.
He famous that because the election outcome and the Supreme Court docket have declared Tinubu because the duly elected President, Nigerians ought to be patriotic by supporting the insurance policies of the Federal Authorities.
Isiguzo urged Nigerians to be affected person and imagine within the Tinubu administration.
“We have to be affected person, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu didn’t create the Issues now we have in Nigeria. He’s barely six months in workplace. And as residents who imagine in their very own authorities, we have to be affected person with administration,” he mentioned.
He additionally admonished journalists in Nigeria towards writing or publishing supplies that will destroy the nation.
The NUJ President suggested journalists to be skilled within the discharge of their duties to keep away from getting into the dragnet of the Cyber Crime (Prohibition) Act.
He famous that writing or publishing of offensive articles might get a journalist into hassle, as, based on him, the Cyber Crime (Prohibition) Act, although obnoxious, has not but been repealed by the Nationwide Meeting.
Isiguzo disclosed he lately secured the discharge of some journalists who had been arrested in some states due to stories they wrote.
Whereas commending the NUJ management in Abia State for engendering peace, Isiguzo mentioned the nationwide management of NUJ is establishing a Nationwide Media Criticism Fee, a co-regulatory physique the place an aggrieved particular person can report a journalist who printed offensive materials, as an alternative of clamping such journalist in detention.