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    ADDRESS BY ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND
    CULTURE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE UNESCO WORLD
    REPORT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 2021/2022, AT THE REGIONAL FORUM FOR
    WEST AFRICA ON THURSDAY MAY 5 2022

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    By TheFocusNews on May 5, 2022 Governance

    ADDRESS BY ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND
    CULTURE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE UNESCO WORLD
    REPORT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 2021/2022, AT THE REGIONAL FORUM FOR
    WEST AFRICA ON THURSDAY MAY 5 2022

    Protocol

    It is my pleasure to be a part of this West Africa Regional Forum on
    the presentation of the 2021/2022 Report on the Global Trends in
    Freedom of Expression and Media Development.

    Let me commend the UNESCO Regional office for organising this forum to
    present this all important report that seeks to strengthen our media
    space. As we all know, issues surrounding freedom of expression and
    safety of journalists are topical and dear to democracy.

    May I also appreciate UNESCO for its efforts at promoting an enabling
    environment for the entrenchment of freedom of expression and the
    safety of journalists. The report being presented today will further
    provide our leaders, media administrators, practitioners and indeed
    various stakeholders in the information sector insights into the
    successes achieved and the multidimensional challenges to freedom of
    expression and media development, within the context of our various
    legal frameworks.

    It is a well known fact that freedom of expression is a fundamental
    human right enshrined in our various statutes and legal mechanisms.
    And it is also a key feature of democracy across the world. Article 19
    of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights captures this succinctly.

    Over the years, countries have made efforts to liberalise the media
    landscape by making it conducive for practitioners through adoption of
    laws in this regard. We have also seen the glaring need to protect
    journalists, as well as build their capacities to conform to the
    ever-changing standards of practice, especially with emerging
    technologies and particularly social media. UNESCO has provided
    leadership in this regard.

    As a country, Nigeria has always championed the observance of rights
    of freedom of expression and the safety of journalists. However, we
    have always insisted that this right that we all enjoy, especially as
    media practitioners, comes with a huge responsibility; a
    responsibility that says we must be circumspect in the use of
    information at our disposal to avoid misinformation, fake news and
    hate speech which, if not well managed, could lead to serious
    disaffection and chaos in the society.

    I make bold to state here that Nigeria has a vibrant, pluralistic and
    free press, and this would not have been possible without an enabling
    environment.

    I reiterated this point when I received the executive members of the
    Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI) at my
    office in Abuja recently. At that meeting, I restated the commitment
    of the present Administration, led by His Excellency, President
    Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, that under our watch, the media will never be
    seen as a threat, but as key partners in progress of our dear country.

    At this juncture, please permit me to say that in Nigeria, we have
    made the freedom of expression not just a guiding principle but also a
    key priority, just like the safety of our media practitioners.

    Since my assumption of office, I have made it a point of duty to
    regularly engage with several stakeholders in the media space, with a
    view to strengthening the information sector and building the
    capacities of our media practitioners for better service delivery. I
    have met with journalists under the various umbrella unions, media
    owners and executives, online media practitioners and bloggers, among
    others, in this regard.

    As a Ministry, we have organised seminars, workshops and symposia for
    media stakeholders. A key workshop organised in collaboration with
    UNESCO in 2018 was on Conflict Reporting and Safety of Journalists. We
    have also been celebrating World Press Freedom Day yearly by
    organising symposia, the last time being in 2021 when we held a
    symposium themed Journalism as a public good.

    This month, we are organising, in collaboration with UNESCO and other
    partners, a workshop in celebration of World Press Freedom Day, after
    the global celebrations. We remain resolute in our determination to
    continue to provide the enabling environment for media practitioners
    to thrive within the ambits of our laws.

    It is instructive to note once more that the freedom of expression we
    enjoy comes with huge responsibility. It is sad that some of our
    compatriots in the journalism profession take advantage of this
    freedom to engage in misinformation and hate speech and to spread fake
    news. That was why we launched a national campaign against fake news
    and hate speech in 2018, a campaign that has brought the issue to the
    front burner of national discourse.

    I want to urge journalists within the West African subregion to join
    hands with our various governments to curb the activities of such
    journalists who taint the image and good works of those of us who
    desire to uphold the ethos and professionalism of this very important
    profession

    As a step towards the realization of this, I call on journalists and
    media houses to set up a fact- checking desk, so as to arrest the
    prevalence of misinformation, fake news and hate speech in our
    society.

    I wish to commend UNESCO and its partners for putting up this report.
    Let me assure you that we as a country will study the report and the
    recommendations contained therein with the seriousness it deserves.

    In conclusion, I wish to inform you that Nigeria will be hosting the
    2022 Global Media and Information Literacy Week, the first country
    within our subregion to host this event.  I hereby solicit the support
    of all relevant stakeholders for the success of this global event.

    I thank you for listening and I wish us fruitful deliberations.

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