Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Thursday said his administration was receptive to criticisms aimed at ensuring better performance in governance.
The governor spoke in a statement issued by Mr Semiu Okanlawon, the Director of the Bureau of Information and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Osogbo.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor was reacting to reports that he was averse to criticisms.
The governor, in the statement, described as worrisome the rate at which falsehood was being peddled by the opposition in the guise of criticisms.
“Let me make myself clear that I am not against opposition and criticisms. What I consider dishonourable is the fabrication of stories,” the statement quoted the governor as saying.
The statement alleged that a section of the media had constituted itself into a stumbling block to his administration and the people of the state.
The governor expressed regret that fabrication of stories had done enough damage the image of a section of the media.
“I owe my victory over the forces of despotism and retrogression largely to the forthrightness and uncompromising stand of the media for the truth.
“However, I regret to say that a tiny section of the media is still being used to perpetrate falsehood, cause disaffection and bring dishonour to the profession,” he said.
Aregbesola recalled that the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and Herbert Macaulay practised the profession by upholding the ethics of journalism.
The governor spoke in a statement issued by Mr Semiu Okanlawon, the Director of the Bureau of Information and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Osogbo.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor was reacting to reports that he was averse to criticisms.
The governor, in the statement, described as worrisome the rate at which falsehood was being peddled by the opposition in the guise of criticisms.
“Let me make myself clear that I am not against opposition and criticisms. What I consider dishonourable is the fabrication of stories,” the statement quoted the governor as saying.
The statement alleged that a section of the media had constituted itself into a stumbling block to his administration and the people of the state.
The governor expressed regret that fabrication of stories had done enough damage the image of a section of the media.
“I owe my victory over the forces of despotism and retrogression largely to the forthrightness and uncompromising stand of the media for the truth.
“However, I regret to say that a tiny section of the media is still being used to perpetrate falsehood, cause disaffection and bring dishonour to the profession,” he said.
Aregbesola recalled that the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and Herbert Macaulay practised the profession by upholding the ethics of journalism.
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