The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has known as on worldwide media organisations to maneuver away from what he described as detrimental of their protection of Nigeria.
The minister, whereas assembly with a delegation from the British Broadcasting Corporation in Abuja on Thursday, challenged the worldwide media to undertake a extra correct, balanced, and honest method to reporting on the nation.
“There are not only bad things coming out of Nigeria,” he stated in an announcement signed by his media aide, Rabiu Ibrahim, whereas stressing that the nation was on a path to prosperity.
He known as on the BBC and different overseas media to take better care in telling the complete story of Nigeria.
“We will even urge you to proceed to stability your tales to listen to our personal facet of the story. I’m positive your correspondents on the bottom would have seen that we’ve got plenty of optimistic issues that we’re doing on this nation, and there’s a gradual development in direction of prosperity that we’re seeing.
“I want to share with you the commitment of the Nigerian Government to every news-gathering organisation. Our commitment is that we want to stay as focused and unbiased and as free as possible,” he stated.
Idris additional highlighted that the Tinubu administration had maintained a coverage of press freedom, mentioning that no complaints of harassment from worldwide journalists had been reported.
He praised the BBC for its strategic transfer of relocating its Hausa Service to Abuja, which has created vital native employment alternatives.
He additionally acknowledged the longstanding partnership between Nigeria and the BBC, a relationship constructed on belief and respect that spans over 5 a long time.
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The BBC’s Deputy CEO and Director of Global News, Jonathan Munro, who’s in Nigeria for the primary time, expressed his admiration for its sturdy viewers base in Nigeria, the place the BBC reaches over 30 million folks weekly.
He confirmed that Nigeria represents the BBC’s third-largest market globally, after the U.S. and India.
Munro, who described Nigeria as a worldwide energy, famous the BBC’s growth into new digital and multimedia platforms and its ongoing efforts to broadcast in Pidgin, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba to achieve Nigeria’s various inhabitants.