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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President, has commended newspaper publishers in Nigeria for supporting media freedom through a collective page one protest.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST had reported that the headlines on Monday titled; \u2018Information Blackout\u2019 appeared on the front pages of dailies such as Punch, Vanguard, The Nation, ThisDay, Guardian, Daily Sun, sponsored by the Nigeria Union of Journalists, the Nigerian Guild of Editors and the Newspaper Proprietors\u2019 Association of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The headlines posited that the NPC and NBC (Media) Act amendment bills being considered by the National Assembly were geared against press freedom and citizens\u2019 right to information.<\/p>\n

Reacting, Atiku in a Tweet on Monday said freedom of the press and access to information is the oxygen of democracy and it must not be compromised.<\/p>\n

Information Blackout: Buhari govt attacked as Nigerian newspapers protest<\/p>\n

\u201cI stand resolutely by the NUJ, NGE and NPAN in its campaign against information blackout as represented by the NPC and NBC (Media) Act amendment Bills,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFreedom of the press and access to information is the oxygen of democracy and must never be compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President, has commended newspaper publishers in Nigeria for supporting media freedom through a collective page one protest. 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