PBA ReporterThe Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, has felicitated the Guardian Newspaper on the occasion of its 40 years anniversary.
In a congratulatory message he personally signed and sent to the Publisher, titled, ‘the true flagship at 40’ Obi recalled the huge sacrifices of the newspaper to see democracy blossom in Nigeria.
He applauded them for their mature and high ethical editorial content that merits them being referred to as the flagship of Nigeria Journalism.
Obi said: “The entry of The Guardian into the country’s print media Journalism was very significant because of the discipline, and the high ethical quality editorial content that merited it being referred to in the media space as the Flagship of Nigeria Journalism.
“The Flagship carries the Commanding Admiral of the ship and that was what The Guardian has done in its forty years of operation with its thought-provoking and enriching news content.”
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He said the newspaper has “lived its motto: ‘Conscience Nurtured by Truth’, through its succinct, mature, and unbiased editorial contents that stood it out as a utility partner in nation-building.”
The former Anambra State governor noted that the newspaper made outstanding contributions to Nigeria’s current democratic evolution adding that it made huge sacrifices which “helped to fast-track the exit of the military regime in our polity.”
“We recall two of its Editors, Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor going to jail during the military era the Publisher, Chief Alex Ibru escaping an assassination attempt on his life, and the military juntas and shutting down the Newspaper,” Obi stated.
He added that “The history of the Guardian and the success it recorded in the last 40 years in the face of all the obstacles, the hostile entrepreneurial and political environment are reassuring and give hope that a new and great Nigeria is possible for the patient and dogged fighters like The Guardian.”
The Guardian is a Nigerian independent daily newspaper, established in 1983, published by Guardian Newspapers Limited in Lagos, Nigeria.
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