Nigerian journalists have been asked to be committed to ethical conduct and professionalism.
The call was made by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), publisher of Premium Times newspaper, Dapo Oloruyomi and former Commissioner of Justice and Attorney-General, Borno State, Muhammed Monguno in Abuja.
They spoke on the opening day of a two-day workshop on “Legal and ethical issues in investigative journalism in Nigeria,” put together by the Daily Trust Foundation, Centre for Media Law and Development and MacArthur Foundation.
They argued that by upholding ethical conduct and professionalism, journalists would better serve the nation’s democracy, by exposing societal ills and holding government and its agencies accountable and noted that where journalists abide by the rules of professional practice, they will also be able to avoid conflicting with the law.
