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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government has accused media houses of portraying Nigeria in bad light before the international community.<\/p>\n

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, said Nigeria is experiencing image problems due to unflattering reports by the media.<\/p>\n

Mohammed disclosed this at a ceremony on renaming of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Headquarters building after the late Wada Maida in Abuja on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The minister accused the media of not being factual in their report of security agents in the fight against insecurity.<\/p>\n

According to Mohammed: \u201cWhatever image problem Nigeria is suffering from today is mostly due to the unflattering portrayal of the country by the country\u2019s media.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when some media organizations report fake news, they never have the decency to retract such stories and apologise. They simply move on as if nothing has happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not saying the media should not report on the security challenges we face. All we are saying is: be fair and report accurately the efforts being made by the state and federal governments to tackle the challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you don\u2019t want to encourage the men and women in uniform fighting to keep us safe, please don\u2019t discourage them with negative reporting. The security challenges we face today will be successfully tackled and Nigeria will not cease to exist, despite the antics of naysayers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Federal Government has accused media houses of portraying Nigeria in bad light before the international community. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, said Nigeria is experiencing image problems due to unflattering reports by the media. 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