The Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Alfred Adewale Martins has admonished the media to recognise its indispensable role in building a progressive society.
He said that media practitioners should be cautious of their choices and usages of words, images and the content of their output. Martins spoke in Lagos as the world marks the 2019 World Communications Day.
The World Communications Day is marked annually on the Sunday before Pentecost to celebrate the achievements of the communications media and focus of how it can be positively used to promote gospel values.
Also speaking, the Acting Director of Social Communications in the archdiocese, Reverend Father Anthony Godonu emphasised that Pope Francis’ message tasked content generators and content consumers of social media, to play a part in bringing people together as a family.
On his part, Bishop Felix Ajakaye of the Catholic Diocese of Ekiti said social media and internet should be seen as a blessing that should be used to promote strong family bond and national development.
