BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has vowed to review the tarrifs on newspaper and broadcasting materials in order to empower the media industry to discharge its constitutional role effectively. He gave the promise at the State House on Friday while hosting the leadership of the Nigerian media, comprising members of the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO), Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), Nigerian Guild of Editors, and Nigerian Union of Journalists, among others. The President commended the media owners, editors and journalists for their commitment to informing, educating and keeping citizens abreast of developments, as well as providing employment and livelihoods for thousands of Nigerians. He said that responsible leadership must take appropriate decisions at the right time, adding that anything to the contrary amounted to failure. Tinubu acknowledged the hard but critical decisions his adm...
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