AGF Malami warns journalists against fake news, hate speech

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Malam Abubakar Malami (SAN) has urged Judiciary Correspondents in the country to avoid fake news and hate speech in the course of discharging their professional duties.

The AGF made the plea on Friday in Abuja while inaugurating the newly elected executive officers of the National Association of Judiciary Correspondent (NAJUC), held at the Olusegun Obasanjo auditorium of the Federal Ministry of Justice.

According to the Minister, Media practitioners should respect the sanctity of the ethics of journalism at all time.

“Avoid fake news, hate speech and other practices inimical to the concepts of fairness and objective reporting”, the minister stated.

While describing the election of the officers as historic, Malami further acknowledged the invaluable contribution of judiciary journalists for their indelible contribution in the development of journalism and enhancement of the coverage of Ministry of Justice activities and the judicial sector.

He assured the association of his Ministry’s support for the media in disseminating credible, true, accurate and reliable information devoid of mischief.

Announcing the election results, NAJUC Electoral committee chairperson, Mrs Wando Sombo of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) declared Mr Kayode Lawal of the Herald Newspapers as the winner for the chairmanship position, having defeated his rival, Mr Kunle Olasanmi of the Leadership Newspaper, having polled 23 and 16 respectively.

Other elected officers are Mr Paschal Njoku of Daily Independent newspaper Secretary, Femi Kuku of the African Independent Television AIT Financial Secretary, Mr Peter Bahago of Voice of Nigeria VON, Welfare Officer, Miss Vivian Okejeme of Peoples Daily newspaper Treasurer while Mr Basil Okafor of Core Television Station emerged as the Chief Whip.

In his acceptance speech, Lawal thanked the Minister for finding time to inaugurate the officers and promised to sustain the cordial relationship between his ministry and the media.

The new NAJUC chairman also urged members of the association to support his administration, reiterating that his administration would strive to ensure regular training and retraining of members to improve on their skills of court reporting.

 

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