Demonstrators in Nigeria’s major cities suffered fatal casualties, with no fewer than 17 people killed on the first day of the protest.
Speaking on the floor of the House of Respresentative, Jimbo bemoaned the troubling increase in the number of journalists being unlawfully arrested, detained, and harassed for carrying out their professional duties while relying on the offense of Cyber-Stalking within the Cybercrimes Act, 2015.
The growing trend of journalists’ arrest and abduction does not just show a decline in press freedom in Nigeria, it also raises serious concerns about the future of journalism in the country.
Repression remains an issue in Nigeria despite practicing democracy for over two decades. This is exemplified by different instances of police brutality.
In recent history, mobs have executed up to a dozen people extrajudicially since 1999 in isolated cases.
The blatant disregard of press freedom has recently placed Nigeria as one of the most dangerous and difficult countries for journalists.
Global freedom is under siege.
In numerous regions in Africa, inequality runs high.
When press freedom is under threat, citizens’ right to information suffers.
The guidelines will enslave the nurses in the country, violating their right to equal opportunities and subjecting them to discrimination.
It is pertinent for the Nigerian government to review policies that might be holding the country back. The leaders must be championing economic freedom, transparent governance, and a commitment to protect human rights
The series of attacks witnessed by Nigerians in various parts of the country is proof that Nigerians are far from enjoying complete personal freedom…. If human freedom is worse, economic investment will not improve, which rings back to underdevelopment.
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