The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged Nigerian media practitioners not to destroy the nation in their quest to be the first to break the news.
The minister said this while speaking as a special guest of honour at the Nigerian Army Media Conference organised in collaboration with the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, Guild of Corporate Online Publishers and Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria.
The minister equally appealed to the media not to extend their lack of support for a particular government to the nation’s military because such would compromise national unity.
The minister said, “Governments come and go but the security services remain to continue to take the risks so that you and I can live to pursue livelihood. If you don’t like the government of the day for whatever reason, you should not extend that hatred to the army or the security services in general.”
Mohammed said the media had the responsibility to safeguard the military and other security agents, who stake their lives to protect the lives and property of citizens.