The Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has posed a question to media men and women in Nigeria, asking: would you join President Muhammadu Buhari in his present battle with corrupt people or join the corrupt ones who would always fight back?
The governor made it clear that if the press people decided to join the President to battle the corrupt one, Nigeria would subsequently get out of the socio-economic morass into which such corrupt people have thrown it.
El-Rufai, who declared open today, a three-day retreat in Kaduna, for State House Press Corps (SPHC), made up of senior journalists, editors and online publishers stressed that one of the consequences of media joining the corrupt people to fight the government back would be the mortgaging of the future of the country.
“It is really up to you to make the change succeed. You are the tool to fight back corruption and you have to chosen to either support or resist the fight against corruption.”
The governor who described the recent revelations and the ongoing investigations as more of stranger than fiction, expressed confidence that Nigerian media people who have been in the forefront towards the coming of Change would not now abandon the content of such change.
Governor El-Rufai lamented the rot and decay that had characterized previous regimes, adding: “the responsibilities that have been thrusted in the hands of President Buhari is immense. Our party and our president will do their best to pick up the pieces and restore the economy and make life better for Nigerians.”
He congratulated members of the State House Press Corps for choosing the theme: Journalism And The Change Mantra State House In Focus,” saying that the theme demonstrated the readiness of the State House Press Corp to be on the part of change being demonstrated by President Buhari.
The Chairman of the Press Corps, Mr. Kehinde Amodu thanked both governor El.Rufai and Garba Shehu for encouraging journalists covering the Presidency to go out and improve their perception of the workings of the Presidency and their impact on Nigeria.
He promised that the knowledge so acquired would be put to use for the benefit of the development of country. [myad]
