Niger Assures Journalists Of Freedom, Transparency
Niger Assures Journalists Of Freedom, Transparency
Niger State government has stated that it would uphold press freedom as the main crux for good and transparent governance while expressing its readiness to be open to constructive criticism.
The state commissioner of Information, Tourism and Culture Mr Jonathan Tsado Vatsa in a statement yesterday to mark the World Press Freedom Day said for ensuring freedom of expression and engaging the people for open and transparent governance press freedom must be guaranteed.
Mr Vatsa assured that the present administration in the state government view the press “as the fourth estate of the realm in lubricating participatory governance as well as ensuring accountability and fight against corruption to achieve development”.
He stated that, the government is desirous to always promote freedom of expression as a way of allowing the people to contribute to the process of governance and leveraging on such expression to make correction when necessary for the overall development of the state.
The Commissioner said the government under the leadership of Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello assured all practicing Journalists in Niger state of the commitment of the government “to providing the right avenue legally and genuinely possible to continue to discharge their duties”.
