Few weeks to the conduct of the 2019 Presidential elections, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured Nigerians that he won’t disappoint them. The President gave the assurance on Thursday at the State House, Abuja as he was decorated Grand Patron of the Nigerian Media Merit Award, NMMA, by the Board of Trustees of the prime media awards organization in the country.
He appreciated the confidence reposed on him by Nigerians from different walks of life.
Media Aide to the President, Femi Adeshina in a statement quoted by New Agency of Nigeria said the President said the investiture was “a timely honour,” adding that he had known a good number of the members of the NMMA board, “since the time I didn’t even know I would be here.”
Speaking at the event, a Former Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority, Engr. Vincent Maduka, who led the delegation, said President Buhari was qualified to be grand patron, “because you respect the rights of the media to practice, without any hindrance.”
He further commended the President over the non-closure of any media house all though his administration, stressing that the move demonstrate that the President was media friendly unlike some past governments.
