Onyebuchi Ememanka
Emmanuel Ugwu’s piece which appeared at Pages 18 and 19 of THISDAY NEWSPAPERS of Monday, August 19, 2019 is a classical case of negative journalism. A cursory analysis of the write up shows manifest bias and a deliberate distortion of facts on ground designed to achieve a purpose best known to the writer.
The piece sounds more like a campaign gimmick, especially with the picture of a twice defeated gubernatorial candidate in the state, in addition to several references to his quotes. One wonders why a piece designed to address the performance of a sitting Government will carry the picture of only one of the gubernatorial candidate when the last election featured close to 10 candidates.
In his warped analysis of the development of Umuahia, the capital city, the writer made a ridiculous reference to some individual who claimed that he could still identify the restaurant he had a meal in the 1970s still…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
