Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and the Dean, Faculty of Communications, Bayero
University, Kano (BUK), Professor Umar Pate, have tasked media owners in
Nigeria to pay their employees as at when due.
The two of them spoke, yesterday, during a capacity
development workshop for reporters covering the House of Representatives, held
in Kaduna.
Dogara, represented by his deputy, Yussuff Lasun, stressed
the need to enhance the welfare of journalists who play key role
in deepening democracy, checking abuses in government and enthroning the
rule of law and transparency in the polity.
He described the media profession as noble and one
whose integrity should be protected, adding that the House is committed to
providing legislative support and framework that will enhance the freedom of
speech and expression as provided for in the 1999 Constitution.
Pate, who presented a paper entitled: ‘Media in
the 21st century, between citizen journalism/social media and professionalism’,
said he felt pained to see some of those who passed through journalism schools
reduced to the level of the most wretched of the society due to the refusal of
some media owners to pay salaries and entitlements.
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