Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun congratulate media on World Press Freedom Day

Ogun gov describes them bastion of democracy

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, congratulated journalists for their commitment to the tenets of journalism as they mark the 2022 World Press Freedom Day.

In a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, the governor said the administration would continue to provide an enabling environment for good journalism to flourish.

Sanwo-Olu urged journalists to rededicate themselves to courageous and objective journalism.

ALSO, the Ogun State governor has saluted the courage being displayed by the media in ensuring the society is rightly informed.

Abiodun, who also described journalists as the bastion of democracy, said the world had been a better place through accurate and objective reportage by media practitioners.

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, yesterday, the governor noted that though journalists work in hostile environment in some countries, they have been able to inform, educate, entertain and set agenda for development and growth.

The governor, who submitted that the country owes its uninterrupted democratic rule to the media that has kept public office holders on their toes, said the media, as the Fourth Estate of the Realm, would continue to be accorded a pride of place in his administration.

He charged media not to derail from performing their constitutional and social responsibility, and equally tasked them on the need to ensure accurate and objective reportage. The governor further charged the media practitioners not to allow themselves to be used to destabilise or heat up the polity.