Now that Atiku has emerged as the consensus candidate of the Northern
Political Leaders Forum, we hope journalists in the print and
electronic media will not troop to Yola to conduct a midnight
interview session with Atiku Abubakar in his residence.
Now that Atiku has emerged as the consensus candidate of the Northern
Political Leaders Forum, we hope journalists in the print and
electronic media will not troop to Yola to conduct a midnight
interview session with Atiku Abubakar in his residence.
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We hope that no special aero plane will be chartered to ferry them to
Yola airport and them special air-condition buses used to convey them
to the palatial mansion of Atiku Abubakar were after a sumptuous meal
an interview will begin to last to the wee hours of the night.
We hope that our journalists will promote issues oriented coverage of
the GEJ and Atiku Abubakar campaigns as well as the campaigns of
aspirants from other political parties rather than the predominant
'dog eat dog' coverage we have witnessed in the last few months.
We hope that in subsequent interview sessions with anyone aspiring for
elective office in 2011 that our journalists will be bold enough to
ask deep questions to provide illumination to who exactly these
aspirants are and what we are to expect when they are elected.
We hope that analysis, opinions, features, articles, and research
programs conducted by our journalists as we head towards general
elections in 2011 will be objective and laced with heavy doses of
integrity as to guide Nigerians.
We hope that no matter how hot the battles get at political party and
general election levels, that our journalists will have the interest
of Nigerians at heart in conducting their coverage of elections and
their outcomes.
One good thing we are already witnessing with the emergence of Atiku
Abubakar as the consensus candidate of NPLF to challenge GEJ at PDP
primaries is the toning down of the harsh and divisive rhetoric that
previously characterized the issue.
This is how it should be and that is why as flawed as the process that
brought forth Atiku Abubakar, no true lover of Nigeria should cry over
the elimination of the retired khaki men from the presidential race
due to the decision of the 17 unwise men.
The dividends of the demilitarization of the presidential race at
least at the PDP level should cascade through to the entire general
election and that is why we encourage our journalists to eliminate the
siege mentality that was previously dominant in their coverage of
political issues.
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