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November 8, 2019
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat has urgedthe media to be more professional in their reportage especially on issuesrelating to budget.
The Director General of the forum Secretariat,Asishana Okauru, made the call at a two-day training for journalists on “budgettracking and data-driven journalism” in Abuja.
Okauru said that although journalism was a veryrisky job, journalists needed to do proper research to ensure correctinformation was published for readers to access.
He said that the training was to empower journalistswith the necessary skills regarding budget and how it could be reported more responsiblyand comprehensively.
Okauru also urged journalists to help track themoney on budgeting for the benefit of the society.
He, however, said that the forum Secretariat wasworking with other stakeholders to commence a governor lecture series.