In Abuja, Nigeria; the newly sworn-in National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, led by Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has taken over the party’s Media Centre at its National Secretariat.
However, Africa Today News, New York gathered from a reliable source that the whole idea or plan behind the taking over of the Media Centre is basically for the 2023 forth coming presidential election in the country. In which, the party intends to retain power.
Hundreds of journalists have been kept at the center since the party was in opposition and even after taken office in 2015.
Nearly 100 journalists were asked asked to vacate Buhar House yesterday, prominent among them were; bureau chiefs and political editors.
While no justification was given for the action, Adamu, 75, had advised the media during his acceptance speech on the 27t of March to exercise caution in their coverage of the APC administration.
He cautioned the media in two paragraphs of his 15-paragraph acceptance speech.
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Adamu made the following statement in his speech:
“At this point, I wish to appeal to our journalists and media houses to revive and uphold the patriotic spirit of the founding fathers of their profession such as Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Malam Abubakar Imam, Alhaji Alade Odunewu and other media pioneers. Those great pioneers of Nigerian journalism always put the interests of Nigeria and its people above all other considerations and they always worked for the peace, progress and prosperity of Nigeria.
“Journalists and everyone else in Nigeria should uphold this spirit of selflessness and patriotism and continue to work hard for the success of the Nigerian project. It is not correct to assume that it is the work of political leaders alone that will make Nigeria great, that other citizens can sit on the sidelines and just observe and criticise. We should all remember the wisdom in the saying that the chain is no stronger than its weakest link.”
“Journalists and everyone else in Nigeria should uphold this spirit of selflessness and patriotism and continue to work hard for the success of the Nigerian project. It is not correct to assume that it is the work of political leaders alone that will make Nigeria great, that other citizens can sit on the sidelines and just observe and criticise. We should all remember the wisdom in the saying that the chain is no stronger than its weakest link”.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK