Buhari solicits NGE partnership in war against nepotism, fake news

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has called on the newly-elected executive members of Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) to partner his administration in the war against fake news and negativism.
Advising the media to abstain from content that is against the maintenance of law and order and the sustenance of National security,
President Buhari also congratulated Mustapha Isa on his re-election as President of NGE at the just concluded convention of the Guild in Kano.
A statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in Abuja last night expressed President Buhari’s good wishes for Isa’s new tenure and also congratulated those who emerged as members of the Standing Committee.
He, therefore, called on the newly-elected executive to join his administration in the efforts to rid the country of fake news and to avoid negativism, advising the media to abstain from content that is against the maintenance of law and order and the sustenance of national security.