Editors Fault Moves On Press Council

[Shola Sholaz]

Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has joined forces with Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, in condemning efforts by some groups to revive some provisions of the Nigerian Press Council, which a competent court of law had voided.
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The editors also urged the Federal Government to go back to the negotiation table with Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP.
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The Guild, in a communique by its President, Femi Adesina, and General Secretary, Isaac Ighure also expressed worry that the mass media were operating under difficult conditions and urged Federal Government to intervene.
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According to the communique, "the NGE notes the efforts by certain groups to revive some provisions of the Nigerian Press Council, which a competent court of law had voided.