Vice President, Kashim Shettima, pleaded with media professionals “to focus on objectively speaking truth to power rather than antagonizing the government”, saying, there is a “distinction between antagonism and speaking truth to power”.
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| VP Shettima implores media professionals “to focus on objectively speaking truth to power rather than antagonizing the government” |
According to Senator Kashim Shettima: “The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has implored media professionals in Nigeria to focus on objectively speaking truth to power rather than antagonizing the government.
Drawing a distinction between antagonism and speaking truth to power, he also urged members of the fourth estate of the realm to, as a matter of necessity, always strive to strike a balance between their allegiance to self and to truth.
“Senator @KashimSM, who gave the charge on Saturday during the public presentation of the book Persona Non Grata, authored by seasoned journalist Mr. @OmipidanIsmail, at the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Abuja Continental Hotel, said the goal must hinge on serving a greater good and a deserving humanity.
“What must be spelled out is that there is a distinction between antagonizing a government and speaking truth to power. The latter is driven by a noble principle to serve a greater good and a deserving humanity.
“The former, on the other hand, is usually a self-serving exercise that fades into futility, and that is not the end we should aspire to achieve with the information and ideas we labor to acquire and process in our line of work,” he stated.”
The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has implored media professionals in Nigeria to focus on objectively speaking truth to power rather than antagonizing the government.
Drawing a distinction between antagonism and speaking truth to power, he also urged members of the fourth… pic.twitter.com/FYr9JORePk
— Senator Kashim Shettima (@officialSKSM) January 18, 2025
