The European Union, EU have credited Nigeria for running the most vibrant democracy in the continent with absolute press freedom.
Ambassador and head of the EU delegation to Nigeria, Mr. Michel Arrion disclosed this at the 2016 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Abuja with the theme: “Access to information and fundamental freedom: This is your right”.
According to him, “Nigeria, in our assessment, is a country where freedom of expression is in general respected, the traditional media is relatively pluralistic, bloggers and cyber activists share their views.
“Nigeria boasts of a large, vibrant social media community, whose engagement with the socio-political processes has enriched public discourse and widened the frontier of participation on issues that concerns the citizenry.”
Arrion added that these significant steps underlined the priority the EU accorded to freedom of opinion and expression as an essential foundation for democracy.
He said the EU recognised that free, diverse, independent media were essential for the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression.
“By facilitating the free flow of information and ideas on matters of public interest, and by ensuring transparency and accountability, independent media constitute one of the cornerstones of democracy,” he stated.
Source: Daily Post
Ambassador and head of the EU delegation to Nigeria, Mr. Michel Arrion disclosed this at the 2016 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Abuja with the theme: “Access to information and fundamental freedom: This is your right”.
According to him, “Nigeria, in our assessment, is a country where freedom of expression is in general respected, the traditional media is relatively pluralistic, bloggers and cyber activists share their views.
“Nigeria boasts of a large, vibrant social media community, whose engagement with the socio-political processes has enriched public discourse and widened the frontier of participation on issues that concerns the citizenry.”
Arrion added that these significant steps underlined the priority the EU accorded to freedom of opinion and expression as an essential foundation for democracy.
He said the EU recognised that free, diverse, independent media were essential for the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression.
“By facilitating the free flow of information and ideas on matters of public interest, and by ensuring transparency and accountability, independent media constitute one of the cornerstones of democracy,” he stated.
Source: Daily Post