Asni go about my daily activities trying to make ends meet on and off this platform, i take my time to go through the headlines for the day to keep myself abreast of situations and events in my immediate environment and the world at large.
I have taken keen interest in this activity not just because i am a graduate of mass Communication with a major in journalism but also because i have realized over the years that information is the bedrock of a successful society. Our leadersnin various strata and arms of the government have used information in whatever sense you may call it to either ruin their people or make their loves better.
The premium placed on information all over the world led to the birthing of the Freedom of Information Law which was birthed just after the new world communication and information order.
Unfortunately today, in my birth country and country where i live in, over 80% of the information disseminated is either propaganda or extremely gore and disheartening news. But in the midst of it all the present government are seriously trying to get rid of the freedom of information and communication we once had.
First it started with the Social media bill which led to a public outcry on censorship of information passed accross in the social media space. This idea was truncated as the citizens resisted this attempt to censor the social media.
But it didn’t end there. The next they went after the mainstream media . Censorship became the order of the day, if you decide to publish your news and raw facts as you get it the media house gets closed down and sanctioned with ridiculous and outrageous fines. Thus you end up doing their bidding.
The citizens couldn’t do much about this thus they resulted to depending on the social media for undiluted and factual news and information especially Twitter but as at today that luxury has been taken away. The same social media was banned within 24hrs of notice and that’s when i fully realize that we are deep shit.
Killings, kidnappings, extrajudicial killings, banditry, robbery, terrorism and a plethora of negative vices have been the order of the day but the government of the day is intrested in painting an oblique picture of the country to the world but we won’t back down because information and freedom of expression is our right. We’d keep dishing out what’s the true picture to the world so that the world would see our leaders for who they truly are.
