2027: Media practitioners tasked on balanced reportage
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
Ahead of the 2027 general elections in Nigeria, media practitioners across the country have been charged to always ensure balanced reportage of their stories, as well as control the narrative, in order to avoid heating up the polity.
The charge was given by the
Chairman, Flow FM Radio Station, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, Engineer Olufemi Sanni, while receiving the new executive committee members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kwara Council, led by Comrade Biola Azeez, who paid him a courtesy visit, adding that “Nigeria remains our home”.
He charged media practitioners to always ensure balanced stories, while striving to control the narrative as they need to make sure the country stays.
The Chairman also emphasised the need to guide the youths of this generation whenever the need arises with synergy from all so that the older generation could be at peace later in the future.
“Our job is to make sure we balance our stories, we should be able to control the narrative, we need to find a balance, we have the control, we need to make sure the country stays, I have been to everywhere, there is no place like Nigeria.
“As the year 2027 general elections approaches, no matter how biased we are, we should never overheat the polity, no matter the side we are, we should not look for something else that will overheat the polity, rather we should create a narrative that will calm the nerves,” he said.
Speaking on the content of the radio station, he said he decided to operate at first only English speaking radio station in the state which, according to him. has upgraded the station from number 16 it was to number 4 currently.
Sanni noted that it’s important to move with the tide for a secured future, as he declared an unalloyed support for the mainstream media.
Earlier, the chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Comrade ‘Biola Azeez, had stated that the courtesy call became imperative to foster peace, extend relationship and for subsequent partnerships.
