Alhaji Lai Mohammed has urged the Guild of Editors to see themselves as partners in the process of nation building.
Mohammed said that the nation was at a trying time and the government needed the support of every sector and body including the Guild in solving its challenges.
He, however, stressed that the government was not averse to criticism of its actions and policies by the media but such criticism should be done objectively.
The minister cautioned against publications that could promote disunity, hatred, crisis and war.
“We need your support and your understanding because these are trying times for us.
“It is because there is Nigeria that we have a Guild and that we are seated here peacefully to perform this ceremony,’’ he said.
Mohammed said that the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration was on course and delivering on its electoral promises.
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