ASSURES U.S OF ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
By Vincess Okushi
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris has said that the pivotal role of press freedom is to foster a vibrant democracy and transparency and reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to fundamental principles for good governance.
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He stated this while receiving the US Charge d’Affaires to Nigeria David Greene on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Minister also uses the medium to appeal to the international partners to support the struggle by institutionalizing best practices to eliminate misinformation in the country.
While we are for press freedom, we also want to call on the government of the United States to support efforts at instituting best practices in the media space, particularly fact-checking mechanisms towards reducing the spate of misinformation, fake news, and mal-information, Idris said.
The Minister also called for the strengthening of the Renewed Hope Agenda of Mr. President in the reengineering of the Nigerian economy, focussing on food security, poverty eradication, growth, job creation, access to capital, social inclusion, rule of law, and the fight against corruption.
As you well know “President Tinubu is in Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact with Africa Conference, in furtherance of his determination to retool the Nigerian economy through strategic partnership.
Rabiu Ibrahim Special Assistant to the Minister of Information and National Orientation in a statement on 22nd November, 2023 stressed that Greene expressed the United States determination for upholding democracy to boost regional security and economic development.
