Media Should Tone Down Reportage Of Insecurity — Irabor

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has advised
the Nigerian media to play down their reportage of insecurity in
the country.

The service chief during an address at the Financing Safe
Schools event which held in Abuja on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 said
the reportage on insecurity stokes fear among Nigerians.

“The narratives that you find within the media space is
misleading. I will rather that the media begin to tone down the
hype that they give to issues that have to do with insecurity,” he
said.

Irabor reminded the media that a failed nation is actually not
good for business, and that they have a stake in a peaceful
nation.

“We desire to live in an environment where peace and security
prevails,” he said.

Many parts of Nigeria have suffered from high levels of
insecurity over the past few years, especially with Boko Haram
terrorists in the northeast, and bandits in many parts of the
northern region.

The southern part of the country has also witnessed an uptick
especially in the cases of kidnapping for ransom over the past
couple of years.

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has advised
the Nigerian media to play down their reportage of insecurity in
the country.

The service chief during an address at the Financing Safe
Schools event which held in Abuja on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 said
the reportage on insecurity stokes fear among Nigerians.

“The narratives that you find within the media space is
misleading. I will rather that the media begin to tone down the
hype that they give to issues that have to do with insecurity,” he
said.

Irabor reminded the media that a failed nation is actually not
good for business, and that they have a stake in a peaceful
nation.

“We desire to live in an environment where peace and security
prevails,” he said.

Many parts of Nigeria have suffered from high levels of
insecurity over the past few years, especially with Boko Haram
terrorists in the northeast, and bandits in many parts of the
northern region.

The southern part of the country has also witnessed an uptick
especially in the cases of kidnapping for ransom over the past
couple of years.