2023: Don Cautions Journalists Against Selfish Politicians

As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, a lecturer in the Department of Arabic Studies at the University of Ilorin, Dr Mahmud Danjuma, has enjoined Nigerian journalists to resist the temptations of being bought over by politicians to achieve their selfish ends.
He also cautioned journalists against assumptions in their reportage so as not to overheat the polity.
Danjuma spoke in Ilorin, Kwara State, during an Iftar (breaking of fast) organised for journalists by the State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He reminded media practitioners to be good ambassadors of their faiths, and advised them not to be bankrolled by desperate politicians to achieve their selfish political ambitions.
In his, remarks, the Senior Special Assistant to Kwara State Governor on Labour Matters, Comrade Abdul Mumeen Onagun urged politicians to embrace issue-based campaigns as next year’s election approaches.
He also urged them to shun politics of hatred and character assassination to guarantee crisis -free polls.
Earlier, the NUJ Chairman in the state, Comrade Abdul-Lateef Ahmed, said the Iftar programme was organised to bring journalists together to wine and dine in the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan.