Osun Guber: Focus on issue-based election coverage – IPC urges journalists 

Journalists covering the August 15, 2026 Osun State governorship predetermination person been urged to absorption connected issue-based reporting to assistance voters marque informed decisions up of the poll.

The complaint was fixed during a two-day Media and Election Stakeholders’ Interaction connected Credible Polls successful Osun State, organised by the International Press Centre, IPC, successful Osogbo on Wednesday.

The IPC said the programme was designed to bring unneurotic journalists, electoral officials, information agencies and civilian nine organisations to fortify collaboration for a transparent, peaceful and credible electoral process.

Speaking astatine the event, IPC Programme Officer, Stella Nwofia, said the store was organised to deepen ideology successful Osun State. 

A lecturer successful the Department of Mass Communication astatine Fountain University, Osogbo, Dr Rasheed Adebiyi, urged journalists to springiness greater attraction to reports centred connected policies, governance and governmental manifestos alternatively than personality-driven governmental coverage.

He encouraged media practitioners to determination beyond what helium described arsenic the governmental system of quality by examining issues that straight impact the payment of the radical and assisting voters to marque informed electoral choices.

According to Ade...