chieftain of the All Progressive Congress in Zamfara Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi has described the press release issued by the Chairman of Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria (BON) Dr. Yemi Bombogse as ridiculous and direct attack on the personality of Governor Bello Mattawalle.
Recall that, the BON has kicked against the closure of some Media houses by Governor Bello Mattawalle, calling on him to tender his apology.
At a press conference, Shinkafi stressed that, the letter written by the (BON) was clearly a personal attack against the Governor and the good people of the state.
He said (BON) is too economical with the truth because Dr. Yemisi had refused to mention in specific terms those private and government media organizations that were shutdowns because of their arbitrary actions against the executive order enforced by the state security council.
“The press release signed by Yemisi Bombogse is an affront attack on the personality of the Governor of Zamfara state”.
“To some extent we have agreed with NBC and NUJ because they have been liberal and even cited the provisions of the constitution on the role of the media in helping democracy in Nigeria, but we have rejected the submission of BON in totality.
“The federal media houses closed by the state government decision are NTA and Pride FM radio as well as Gamji which is a private media station, why can’t (BON) be specific about the media houses closed instead he became widely generic”.
Shinkafi stated that, the letter written by Dr. Yemi was a clear reflection of personal attack against the Governor, especially where he urged INEC to clearly deal with the Governor for going against the provisions of the electoral act 2022 as amended.
Shinkafi said for clarity, Dr..Yemisi was ignorant of the way things were done because INEC has no power to punish the Governor because he derived his power from the constitution of Nigeria
Shinkafi said going by the provision of Chapter (2) section 14(2)b of the 1999 constitution as amended, the Governor has the power to enact an executive order which help ensure the safety and security of his people.
He therefore said, “the order signed by the Governor is an interim one, hence what the parties required to do was to give the security agencies little time to address the lingering crises rocking the state.
