Dili Ezughah, the executive secretary of the Nigerian Press Council, says the organisation is committed to deliver on its mandate of sanitising the print media and training of journalists.
Mr Ezughah stated this in an interview in Abuja. He explained that the NPC was established by the NPC Act, CAP N128, Laws of the Federation 2004, adding that the mandate of the Council is to promote high professional standards for Nigerian Press.
He further stated that the council was also expected to inquire and entertain complaints from members of the public about unethical conduct of Journalists, and unethical publications.
He noted that between 2023 and 2025, the council received only seven complaints from members of the public on unethical publications against them.
He further stated that the NPC had held workshops for journalists in Bauchi for North-East, Karu for North-Central and Lagos for South-West regions of the country, adding that other regions would benefit before the end of the year.
According to the NPC boss, the essence of workshops is to inculcate the sense of ethical compliance among media professionals, journalists and practitioners.
“This is because, if they abide by the ethics of the profession, they would uphold a high professional standard, devoid of unethical practices that will bring about complaints.
“This is because, complaints arises when reporter breaches any of the ethics; either accuracy, objectivity, balance and the rest of them.
“So, since the establishment of the Council, we have been training and retraining journalists till date. We have never relented in going round and organising workshops and training for journalists. Most of our training are base on ethics, and the need for journalists to comply with the ethics of the profession,” Mr Ezughah said.
(NAN)
