World Press Freedom Day: Media Freedom Under Attack In Nigeria-Guild of Editors
Daily Rendezvous - Warn that threat to media is threat to democracy - Urge federal government to make newsprints, broadcast equipment, consumables tax-free As the world marks the World Press Freedom Day today (May 3), the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has said that the inalienable right to access and disseminate information through an independent press is under attack, and called for urgent need to protect the media, adding democracy is in danger when a free press is threatened. In press statement signed by the NGE’s President, Mustapha Isah and the General Secretary, Iyobosa Uwugiaren, to mark the World Press Freedom Day, the professional group of all the editors in Nigeria, said that while the threat to the media freedom in Nigeria is real, the impact on the state of democracy in the country will be very dangerous, if not checked. ‘’Today is a day globally, to remind governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom. It is also a day of reflection amo...