COVID-19: journalists threaten to boycott Akwa Ibom govt activities over alleged stigmatization
Uyo — Journalists in Akwa Ibom under the aegis of Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists have threatened to blackout coverage of the state government activities following what they described as the stigmatization of the media in the state.
She said it was hypocritical that government could allow party loyalists, well-wishers and members of interest groups to attend the two events even in the face of the Covid-19 scare. “And Incidentally we noticed that COVID-19 first started attacking the High and Mighty in the World, especially prominent government officials and Nigerians and because the media practitioners work closely with these prominent Nigerians we were not spared from the hazard.
“I got the shock of my life today when I discovered that two prominent events in the State, the swearing-in of the 8 new members of State Executive Council and Swearing in of the new State Exco of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, that no member of the Correspondents’ Chapel was invited to cover that event.
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