THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE NIGERIAN PRESS

EYE OF THE STORM!!!!

THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE NIGERIAN PRESS

MR DAPO OLORUNYOMI IS THE FOUNDER OF PREMIUM TIMES

The Chicken has come home to roost once more and we do hope that the media will learn some lessons from the curent travails of hardworking and highly respected meda scholar and Founder of The Premium Times,Mr Dapo Olorunyomi.

When we ran a social media commentary asking the miliatry authourities to let him be and rather use the arms of the law ,it was out of genuine concerns at the direction the Nigerian press has headed:the bush.

Every where I go and I see people talking about Nigeria especially the recession they blame their woes on the press and they accuse us for coluding with the politicians and the government officials to milk them dry but I can hardly defend our people because we have not behaved up to the expected standards.

Having gone through the reasons adduced by Mr Olrunyom for his arrests and harassment by the Nigerian Army  it  is easy to note that it is case of lacking in respect for the  media instititution and the only thing that could have caused this is our professional colleagues who sell cheap due to the influence of money .

I equally read of a statement credited to such discredited beat associations like the Nigerian Union of Journalist,The Nigerian Guild Of Editors and I wonder where they both went to when The Guardian ,The Nation and The Comet Newspapers went on fire,how sad

When we tell them to be careful the way they collect cash and contracts from government officials they think we do not know what we are saying but this is the ened results:disrespect

Mr. Olorunyomi has about 25 years experience working as a reporter, editor, trainer, and manager in the media sector. His experience straddles the print, broadcast, and online media. He has won numerous local and international awards including the 1995 International Editor of the Year award.

He is currently the Chief Judge for the Zimeo Award of the African Media Initiative [AMI], and a board member of the Norbert Zongo Cell for Investigative Journalism, an initiative of the UNODC to promote investigative journalism in West Africa.