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Bauchi State authorities has reiterated its committedness to upholding the highest ethical standards successful journalism.
The commissioner for Information and Communication, Hon. Usman Shehu Usman, gave the assurance during a one-day grooming store connected “Public Trust and Ethical Journalism successful the Digital Age” organised by the Nigeria Press Council (NPC) for journalists and media practitioners successful the Northeast yesterday astatine the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi.
The commissioner commended the NPC for organising the capacity-building workshop, stressing that it would assistance journalists, media practitioners, and connection professionals conscionable the ethical, professional, and civic expectations of the assemblage successful today’s integer era.
He besides expressed gratitude to the Council for selecting Bauchi arsenic host, assuring the readiness of the authorities authorities to spouse with applicable stakeholders to make the media assemblage and fortify antiauthoritarian values.
Earlier, the enforcement caput of the NPC, Dr. Dilli Ezughah, noted that the property serves not lone arsenic a watchdog of antiauthoritarian institutions but besides arsenic a level for civic acquisition and nationalist enlightenment.
She reaffirmed the Council’s committedness to promoting professionalism, accountability, and ethical standards successful journalism.
According to her, the grooming forms portion of a broader nationalist strategy to fortify the media’s relation successful fostering transparency, democracy, and nationalist development.
Also speaking, the managing manager of Bauchi Radio Corporation, Alhaji Umar Mohammed Shira, commended the authorities authorities for its efforts successful improving state-owned media organisations.
Resource persons astatine the store included Dr. Hassan Alhaji Hassan of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, and Dr. Adamu Hamid Mohammed, Dean of the Faculty of Communication Management Science, North Eastern University, Gombe.
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