Military Urges Media To Portray Nigeria In Good Light
The military has urged the media to project the country in good light.
It argued that the way local media portrays the Nigeria shapes how the country is perceived by the international community, including foreign investors.
The Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General Benjamin Sawyer, said this while speaking in Abuja on Saturday evening at the Third Security and Emergency Management Awards/First Spokespersons Communication Awards, organised by Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPL).
“For example, you have the CNN projecting the image of the Americans; you have the BBC projecting the image of the United Kingdom; you have the Voice of America projecting the image of America.
“Here, in Nigeria, those who are working in the media must project the image of Nigeria positively, because it is the way you project your country that others will take it,” Sawyerr, who was also an awardee, said.
He commended those behind the initiative and expressed the hope that they too would one day be recognised for the good works they are doing.
The head of IMPL, Malam Yushau Shuaib, said the initiative was intended to recognise those who are risking their lives to ensure that the country was safe to inhabit.
