Nigeria: Govt's Anti-Media Stance Worse Than Decree 4 - Won't Be Allowed - Editors' Guild

22 June 2021

The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, said on Tuesday that attempts by the Federal Government to censor the media was worse than the infamous Decree 4 of 1984, which was promulgated during the military era, and vowed to resist it.

NGE President, Mustapha Isah, who stated in Lagos, condemned the recent anti-media actions of the Federal Government.

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