Update: Speaker Abbas announces replacement of HoR committe chairmen appointed by President Tinubu as ministers
Tinubu’s presidency has set new and unexpected record in his selection processes for ministers appointment like no president before him.
Tinubu’s presidency has set new and unexpected record in his selection processes for ministers appointment like no president before him.
Nigerians scrutinise final list of President Tinubu’s ministerial list long past its sixty days timeline.
In ancient Nigeria, Palaver was the term used to describe long meetings with all stakeholders across communities and regions where matters of security, economy, values, and jurisprudence concerning all residents and indigines were addressed publicly. The poor and the rich both had a say – everyone’s voice mattered. Today, such gatherings are politically and socio-economically refered to as townhall meetings. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu is in line with our editorial thrust at LightRay Media to #BrinkBackTownhallMeetings in this report.
In Nigeria, abuse and disrespect for journalists by officials of government and agencies are common place even though the Nigeria Constitution describes the role of the media and journalists at the realm of the 4th Estate having the same legislative powers and significance as the judiciary, legislative and executive.
At LightRay Media, we are championining the need to have a legal framework and clearly defined policies that protects the lives and properties of journalists against the impunity of government officials, which has finally come to a head.
Journalists who are frontliners and first respondents amplify the voices of victims and survivors of police brutality and abusesof office by many a government official against citizens, hence they must be giving their the respect and pride of place as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Rublic of Nigeria.
The onus is now on the Nigeria National Assembly to review the Constitution on the safety and protection of journalists.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has called for more trade and technological relationships between Nigeria and the Republic of South Korea.
Rt. Hon. Kalu says President Tinubu has robust economic agenda for Nigeria.
Editorial Thrust by Lady Ejiro Umukoro.
As audiences evolve and adapt to what, why, and how they consume news, this raises the bar for journalists on the need to adopt a new style of reportage: constructive journalism. Research shows people want fresh social stories. Not only gloom and doom.
As such, the lingering emotions a reader should have after reading a news article or investigative report should not be pity. They are not victims but people with complicated lives.
This therefore requires that journalists amd media owners constantly seek stories about hero’s, survival, a vigilante who came to the rescue, what state authorities are doing to prevent reoccurrence, survival mechanism adopted, how they are rehabilitating themselves, and much more. Readers want to consume stories like these, too.*
GENDER ANGLE:
While 92% of men and 8% of women are reported on by journalists and the media, yet more than 40% of those affected as victims, persons displaced, etc., are women.
This implies there aren’t a lot of women reporting on conflicts as it is often seen, assumed, or considered not safe and easy for women. Editors, thus, influence how voices of women are reported by when they prevent female journalists from covering these. Conservatism in the newsroom is now a barrier on open mindedness that needs to be removed.
It has now become imperative, therefore, that the media and journalists alike must become deliberate and intentional in including women voices in report for equal representation.
When people pay huge sums of money to get job offers from within the ministries or commissions enables the engagement of Persons who are not right for the job or position given.
Congratulates Onyejeocha, Tunji-Ojo, Sununu for their ministerial appointments.