as BON, VON DGs, Maida, others harp on accurate reportage
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Michael Eboh, Levinus Nwabughiogu & Dirisu Yakubu
ABUJA-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday in Abuja asked Nigerian media to adopt the instrumentality of investigative journalism to hold the government accountable to the people.
This came as the Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, Mr. Osita Okechukwu; his counter-part in the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria, BON, Godfrey Ohuabunwa, Chairman, Daily Trust Foundation, Mallam Wada Maida; Mr. Femi Falana; Mr. Kole Shettima, Director (Africa) MacArthur Foundation; Mr, Mannir Dan-Ali, Chief Executive Officer, Daily Trust and Mr. Charles Odenigbo, Director General, Centre for Media Law and Development, among others tasked Journalists on the accuracy of their reportage.
Speaking at the Editorial Conference on Legal and Ethical Issues in Investigative Reporting in Nigeria, organized by the Daily Trust Foundation, the centre for Media…
