{"id":58085,"date":"2024-12-16T13:13:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T13:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58085"},"modified":"2024-12-16T13:13:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T13:13:23","slug":"nge-forms-committee-raises-alarm-over-anti-media-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/16\/nge-forms-committee-raises-alarm-over-anti-media-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"NGE Forms Committee, Raises Alarm Over Anti-Media Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), has formed a five-member committee to engage with the Minister of Information, National Assembly, Attorney-General, and other stakeholders to address harmful media laws in Nigeria.<br \/>\nThe committee includes prominent figures such as Richard Akinnola, Gbemiga Ogunleye, Martins Oloja, Idris Hamza, and Dr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren.<br \/>\nIn a statement signed by NGE President Eze Anaba and General Secretary Dr. Uwugiaren, the Guild expressed concern over the detrimental impact of these laws on press freedom and democracy.<br \/>\nMany of the laws, inherited from colonial rule, limit transparency, accountability, and the ability of journalists to hold power to account, thereby fostering corruption.<br \/>\nDespite the Freedom of Information Act, these laws restrict access to information and inhibit citizens\u2019 ability to participate in democratic processes.<br \/>\nThe NGE warns that such legislation undermines public trust in key institutions, centralizes power, and suppresses dissent.<br \/>\nThe committee&#8217;s goal is to identify and address the threats posed by these laws, promoting good governance and safeguarding Nigeria&#8217;s democratic values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), has formed a five-member committee to engage with the Minister of Information, National Assembly, Attorney-General, and other stakeholders to address harmful media laws in Nigeria. The committee includes prominent figures such as Richard Akinnola, Gbemiga Ogunleye, Martins Oloja, Idris Hamza, and Dr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren. In a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58087,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58085\/revisions\/58087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}