NGE reaffirms commitment to press freedom on World News Day

Abuja—The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has joined the planetary assemblage successful marking World News Day, stressing its committedness to fact-based journalism, editorial integrity, and the defence of property freedom.

In a connection signed by its President, Eze Anaba, and General Secretary, Onuohe Ukeh, the Guild hailed journalists successful Nigeria and crossed the satellite who, contempt galore challenges, stay dedicated to bringing information to the public.

“As a body, we reaffirm our committedness to promoting precocious standards of editorial enactment and protecting property freedom. We salute journalists successful Nigeria and worldwide who enactment tirelessly to bring america the truth,” the connection read.

The Guild, however, expressed interest astir the increasing attempts to suppress property state and state of look successful the country, informing that specified actions endanger Nigeria’s democracy.

“We volition ever basal steadfast to support the rights of journalists, beforehand precocious ethical standards successful our noble profession, and defy immoderate move, successful immoderate form, to harass and intimidate journalists oregon impede journalism,” it said.

The NGE urged journalists to defy fake news, misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda by upholding the canons of journalism, including accuracy, fairness, objectivity, and fact-based reporting.

It besides called connected the authorities astatine each levels to halt utilizing repressive laws, including the Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention) Act, to harass and intimidate journalists. The Guild further demanded compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, noting that timely entree to nationalist accusation aligns with the United Nations’ Universal Day for Access to Information.

The editors encouraged Nigerians to clasp information and enactment journalism, describing fact-based reporting arsenic the “foundation of a steadfast democracy” that enables citizens to marque informed decisions.

“We impulse Nigerians to basal with journalists who look challenges successful their pursuit of truth. Any occurrence successful gagging the media would enactment successful jeopardy ideology and state of expression,” the connection added.

The NGE concluded by wishing Nigerians and media professionals a blessed World News Day, portion reaffirming its ngo to support property state and beforehand prime journalism successful the country.

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