Gaidam stated this when he granted audience to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Media Trust, Mallam Kabiru Yusuf, at the Government House, Damaturu.
Represented by his deputy, Engineer Danlami Ali, the governor said many newspapers in Nigeria find it easy to use sensational headlines, unconfirmed and distorted stories in order to attract attention to sales. “These kind of unethical conduct raises emotions and t not good for our people and democracy”, the governor said.
He commended Media Trust for its professional handling of issues. “As a government, we would like to work closely with you in order to serve our people well. The North east is at a disadvantage because we always read newspapers a day late, but your company has conquered that problem.
We now read your editions same day as in Abuja and other parts of the country,” Gaidam said.
Gaidam also commended Media Trust for providing scholarships to selected female students at the University of Maiduguri and urged other corporate organisations to do same.
Earlier in his address, Malam Kabiru Yusuf had said that part of the responsibilities of the Media Trust newspapers is to give voice to the people by bringing to the fore, issues that affect the society.
He said construction work at the Maiduguri printing press of the company has reached 80 percent completion and that when completed, all the states in the north east would be able to read any of the Trust stable very early in the morning.
Mallam Kabiru said the company also offers automatic employment to the best graduating student of Mass Communication from the University of Maiduguri as part of its efforts to developing practice of Journalism in Nigeria.
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