Be mindful of politicians’ antics, don urges journalists

Media practitioners have been advised to be mindful of the antics of politicians against their opponents as they prepare for the coverage of the 2023 general elections. Delivering a lecture, titled ‘2023 polls: Effective media coverage amidst insecurity’, at the 2022 Press Week celebration of the Kwara State council of the NUJ in Ilorin, a […]

Media practitioners have been advised to be mindful of the antics of politicians against their opponents as they prepare for the coverage of the 2023 general elections.

Delivering a lecture, titled ‘2023 polls: Effective media coverage amidst insecurity’, at the 2022 Press Week celebration of the Kwara State council of the NUJ in Ilorin, a professor of Mass Communication in the University of Ilorin, Prof. Lukman Azeez, said politicians use every strategy and logic against their political opponents to sell themselves in every election.

“Journalists, media practitioners need to be extra careful of politicians’ strategies and logic of attack of their opponents in order to win elections. 

 “In the process of selling themselves, politicians might attack and tell falsehood against their opponents. So, it behoves on media practitioners to stick to the media logic of social responsibility, ethics and values”, he said.

The don, who is also the Dean, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences of the University of Ilorin, deplored the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the country.