Nigerians have been urged to be circumspect while criticising actions and policies of the federal government.
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, gave the charge on Wednesday, while featuring on ‘Hard Facts’, an audience participatory programme on Nigeria Info 95.1 FM in Abuja.
Onanuga believed that the citizens should give government some benefit of doubt, especially on official pronouncements.
“You see, what I find in Nigeria is that people should try to trust officials. When they say something, they should not put asterisks or doubt on everything they say. They should believe, they should give government the benefit of the doubt when they say this is what is happening, not to continue to to doubt every statement made by government.
“For me as a journalist, we should trust when officials give certain figures, unless you have something to the contrary, you have to publish the official version of events,” he stated.
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Source: Leadership Newspaper
