IPC trains journalists ahead of Kogi guber polls

International Press Council (IPC) has trained practising Journalists in Kogi state ahead of the November 11 governorship election.

The Executive Director, IPC, Lanre Arogundade in his opening remark on Monday urged the journalists to give voices to a wide range of interests in the forthcoming November governorship election in the state.

The programme is being implemented by the IPC, Lagos, lead implementing partners of Component 4 (support to media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EUSDGN 11) project in Abuja.

Arogundade said the media training is to critically examine the media to be able to interface rightly in reporting fair and balanced reportage of activities for the public to make informed judgments.

While pointing out that the training for the media is aimed at ensuring a credible and peaceful conduct of the Kogi State Governorship Election, urged the media to make their agenda-setting role, take a lead role in mobilising the electorate towards participating actively in the forthcoming November governorship election with the seriousness it deserves.

The Executive Director charged the media to be accountable to public scrutiny and bring professionalism and objectivity to bear in the discharge of their duties, pointing out that the public needs to be informed on registration and voting processes.

He urged the media to hold INEC accountable to deliver on credible Kogi election and charged the media to be balanced in their coverage and reportage.

As part of their responsibilities, the Executive Director also called on the media to document all necessary information about the Kogi governorship election for post-election purposes, said it is the duty of the media to inform the electorate on all activities relating to candidates, political parties and processes in the Kogi State governorship election.

While charging the media to report the political activities regarding the Kogi State governorship election with universally accepted guidelines, towards making the electorate have informed judgment, urged for the reportage of political activities to be on a daily basis ahead of the State governorship election.

About 25 Kogi Journalists, drawn from print, electronics and online media are taking part in the training, which has a rich array of resources persons to train the Journalists.

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