Governor Abdulaziz Yari: media blackout
Members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Zamfara state have slammed a media blackout on Governor Abdulaziz Yari and his government.
The journalist announced the boycott of the state government activities on Thursday, after an emergency meeting of the union held at the NUJ secretariat in Gusau.
The union stated that the decision became necessary because of the secrecy of the state government and the way its officials have been hiding from journalists.
The meeting which was chaired by the Chapel Chairman, Maiharaji Sala stated members of the chapel were finding it difficult to serve the people of the state as officials who were supposed to speak to the press always shy away from doing so.
Similarly, the union lamented how the members were always denied access to the government house by many of the governor’s aides.
The journalists maintained that unless the trend was addressed, they will no longer give media coverage to the state government.
Governor Yari is the chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum.