By Oluwatoyin Adegoke
Media practitioners have been urged to uphold professionalism, promote investigative journalism, and fact-checking to check the spread of fake news in the country.
A veteran broadcaster and former Director at the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Mr Eddy Aina, gave the advice in Abeokuta, at the 2023 World Television Day Commemorative event, organised by the Consolidated Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ogun State Council.
Speaking on Media Space for Information Access in Nigeria, under the theme “Television: A Strategic Tool For Conflict Management and Nation Building”, Mr Aina emphasized the need for media practitioners to also ensure that rural dwellers had access to adequate information.
The former NBC Director said television should be used as an effective tool to create the necessary awareness about the challenges and successes of the people to governments at all levels, without neglecting the rural communities.
Also, the keynote speaker, Mrs Toun Okewale-Sonaiya who was represented by Mrs Esther Alaribe, encouraged the practitioners to be objective, open, and responsible, in delivering accurate and trustworthy information to the public despite the prevailing challenges confronting the media sector.
Mrs Okewale-Sonaiya restated the need for the relevant authorities to sustain growth and development in the media, adding that the media must always represent humanity, variety, and aspirations of the populace.
Earlier, the Chairman of Consolidated Chapel of the NUJ in Ogun State, Mr Olusegun Olukoga had encouraged media practitioners to continue to live up to expectations as agents of change.
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