My continuous watch on
activities of Ogun State Governor and others is a step to make them better but
further pointing out various heels. The media chat held on Sunday, 3rd
January,2016 is a disgrace to media profession because the Governor forcefully
use Executive powers to jettison core media practice by declaring without
consultation that the 2 hours Governors media chat will now end 3hours and not
the 2 hours advertised. He said,”2 hours cannot be enough so I declare that it
will now run for 3hours”. Bored! Where on earth a programme staged for 3 hours,
even, Nigeria films is don’t run for that long.
Still on the media chat, it
took serious war before the presenters drawn from Vanguard Newspaper , Ogun
State Television,( OGTV),Ogun State Broadcasting Service,(OGBC) and Rockcity fm
before they could go on a short break. The Governor argued why are they going
on break, what for? But after their insistence that it is professional they go, before
he succumb.
The most annoying and
embarrassing thing here is that, all this argument was live and people were
noticing the flaws. This actually had been the unprofessional way he has been
ruling Ogun State.
Little wonder he
appointed a Television Presenter as Commissioner for Information after I guess
this same coercive attitude has forcefully sent Alh. Ayinde Soaga, fmr. GM,OGTV
and Mrs. Funmi Wakama former Senior special Assistant on media back to NTA
where they left to come and serve Ogun State.
I seriously advice the
Governor to allow Professional ethics run some other times, official positions don’t
last forever. How you handle it is what will linger in the hearts of the people
you served.
I rest my case!
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