BENIN CITY - Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has
appealed to the Nigerian media to be fair in their reportage by giving
equal opportunity to all political parties irrespective of ownership
affiliations.
The governor who made the appeal during the commissioning of African Independent Television ultra-modern station in Benin City expressed worry over the non-regulation of the operations of government owned broadcast stations like that of the private media by the Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation.
He called on the Federal Government to provide
adequate security for media houses, saying that security must be
enhanced and that “Nigerians cannot get the much desired development if
the media fails to appraise the excesses of government,” he noted.
The governor commended the management of AIT, Ray
Power and Daar Communications for maintaining their gallant role in
scrutinising the activities of government since its inception and he
advocated that the peoples interest must take precedence when a
political issue conflicts with public interest.
The Chairman, Daar Communications Plc, owners of
AIT, Ray Power, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who commended the governor for
his developmental transformation of Edo State being displayed across the
state said it was a driving force for the establishment of the Benin
Station.
A minute
silence was also observed in honour of the three journalists who died
in an auto crash involving the governor’s convoy as well as the
Governor’s Principal Private Secretary who was murdered in cold blood.
The governor was taken on a facility
tour of the station after the commissioning and featured on both the
Raypower FM live transmission and AIT Live transmission of the station.
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