Be impartial in your reportage; Fashola tell journalists

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has urged journalists to be objective and unbiased in carrying out their responsibility.

He charged them to take up the challenge of informing the public rightly, investigating news sources thoroughly as a way of balancing their stories before going to public domain.

Fashola gave this advice when he received, the Executive Members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Oyo State Council in his Abuja office yesterday.

He stated that the present administration under President Muhammadu Buhari, is leaving no stone untouched on how to make life better for Nigerians in the face of the economic meltdown.

He added that government is also committed to security of lives and properties, fight against corruption and improving the nation’s economy.

Fashola stated that the decision of the Federal Government to reposition the economy through infrastructural development has begun to yield positive result.

He said: “that the contractors on many of the federal roads across the country are back to construction sites engaging host communities by creating employment to Nigerians and generating wealth.”

This he added has improved economic status of most Nigerians along such road alignment.

Earlier, Chairman, the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Oyo State Council, Adewumi Faniran, had expressed the council’s appreciation to the Minister and the Ministry’s Officials for their unalloyed commitment in making sure that the interest of Nigerians are protected.

He said that the council has been monitoring the performance of the Ministry under the leadership of the Minister and that the council is satisfied.

Faniran promised the Minister of the Council’s readiness to make itself available for any media assistance whenever the case arose.