From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The President General of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) Alhaji Yerima Shettima has said that, for any society to develop, the role of the media is key.
This is also as he said, the media can make or mar any society, stressing that himself being a product of the struggle for the survival of democracy in Nigeria can attest to the fact that the media has played and still playing a major role in Nigeria’s growth
Alhaji Shettima stated this while responding to the leader of the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kaduna State Council who paid him a courtesy visit at the headquarters office of the forum in Kaduna.
While commending the chapel for finding him worthy of the visit, he further averred that Nigeria may not be where it ought to be today, but will get there someday with the support of the media, and called on all and sundry to give maximum support towards ensuring that the leaders are held accountable in the provision of good governance.
“I have seen all sides of the struggles, we stand for equity, and justice for Nigeria and Nigerians, we must always demand a country where no citizen is treated as a nobody, we are all equal as citizens of Nigeria and must be respected as such.
“All the Presidents since democracy came with promises that they rarely fulfill. Much is expected from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu because Nigerians are passing through difficult times and Nigerians might take to the streets to demand a better condition of living and resist any unpopular policies that will undermine Nigerians.
