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International Press Council (IPC) has trained practising Journalists in Kogi state ahead of November 11 Governorship election.
About 25 Kogi Journalists, drawn from the Print, Electronics and the Online media from the State are taking part in the training, that has a rich array of resources persons to train the Journalists.
The Executive Director, International Press Council, Lanre Arogundade in his opening remark on Monday urged the journalists to give voices to wide range of interest in the forthcoming November Governorship Election in the State.
The programme is being implemented by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, lead implementing partners of Component 4 (Support to media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria EUSDGN (11) Project, holding at Treasures Suites & Conferences, Abuja
The training is organized by the EU-SUPPORT TO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA (EU-SDGN 11) COMPONENT 4: SUPPORT TO MEDIA.
Arogundade said the Media training is to critically examine the Media to be able to interface rightly in reporting fair and balanced reportage of activities for the public to make informed judgement.
While pointing out that the training for the media is aimed at ensuring a credible and peaceful conduct of the Kogi State Governorship Election, urged the media to make their agenda setting role, take a lead role in mobilizing electorate towards participating actively in the forthcoming November Governorship Election with the seriousness it deserves.
The Executive Director charged the media to be accountable to public scrutiny, bring professionalism and objectivity to bear in the discharge of their duties, pointing out that the public needs to be informed on registration and voting processes.
He urged the media to hold INEC accountable to deliver on credible Kogi election, charged the media to be balanced in their coverage and reportage.
As part of their responsibilities, the Executive Director also called on the media to to document all necessary information about the Kogi Governorship Election for post election purposes, said it is the duty of the media to inform the electorate on all activities relating to candidates, political parties and processes in the Kogi State governorship election.
While charging the media to report the political activities regarding the Kogi State Governorship Election with universally accepted guidelines, towards making the electorate have informed judgement, urged for the reportage of political activities to be on daily basis ahead of the State Governorship Election.
