The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has congratulated Chris isiguzo for his re-election as the president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
Isiguzo was returned as the NUJ helmsman at the seventh triennial delegates’ conference of the union held in Abia State.
Buhari, who congratulated the NUJ for electing Isiguzo to lead them for a second term, assured that he would on his part, continue to support the freedom of the press. But his administration has recorded more clampdown on free speech, with the NUJ rising up against it.
He said from the outset of this Administration, he made it clear that ‘‘press freedom is an irreducible minimum in a democracy that would flourish’’, however, such freedom must be used responsibly.
He said considering the formidable role the media play in shaping and influencing the course of events in any society, Isiguzo and the NUJ leadership in the country should continue to look up to their members for fair, balanced and objective journalism.
Buhari urges the media to forge greater unity in the union, engage in productive dialogue to resolve any issue inimical to the progress of the association.
The President assures the newly elected executives led by Isiguzo that his administration will uphold and unrelentingly safeguard the watchdog role provided for the media in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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