The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has urged media professionals to uphold accuracy and fairness in their reportage.
Idris made the call in his welcome address at the second edition of the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing Series on Friday in Abuja.
According to him, the briefing session serves as a platform to showcase the achievements of the President Bola Tinubu Administration across various sectors of the economy.
“I want to commend the media for their dedication in covering the Ministerial Briefing Sessions.
“The media have remained invaluable partners in our stride to continue to update Nigerians on the laudable achievements of the Tinubu’s Administration.
“I urge the media to ensure that these briefings are reported with the utmost sense of fairness and accuracy. There should be no recourse to sensationalism in the reporting of government policies and programmes.
“Criticisms and disagreements are welcome, in the spirit of democratic practice, but misinformation and disinformation should have no room whatsoever in public discourse,” he said.
Idris assured that the government will provide wide publicity for the briefing sessions across multiple media platforms to promote accountability and encourage public feedback.
Idris further explained that the Ministerial Briefing Series would continue to feature key government officials, who will be providing regular updates on the administration’s progress in various sectors.
He noted that the Ministries of Livestock Development and Regional Development were the latest additions by President Tinubu.
He said their establishment was to harness the vast potential of Nigeria’s livestock industry and to drive regional development across the six geo-political zones.
“The Ministry of Livestock Development was created in July 2024, to transform Nigeria’s multi-billion-dollar livestock potential into actual economic prosperity for Nigerians.
“The Ministry of Regional Development was created in October 2024, to oversee the activities of the country’s regional development commissions.
“These two Ministers have since hit the ground running, and they are here today to shed more light on what they have been working on since the creation of their Ministries,” he said.
