‘They’re professionals, not beggars’ – IGP Disu reveals agenda for Nigerian journalists

The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Ridwan Disu, has said Nigerian journalists are professionals, not beggars.

This comes arsenic IGP Disu hailed journalists successful the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for their relation successful informing the nationalist and contributing to nationalist development.

He disclosed this connected Saturday during the FCT NUJ Congress successful Abuja.

The IGP described his narration with the media arsenic 1 built connected communal respect and professionalism.

Disu said his medication arsenic IGP would dainty Nigerian journalists with the utmost respect, noting that the media plays a captious relation successful society.

“I person ever had a respectful and mutually beneficial narration with journalists. They are professionals who merit respect and should ne'er beryllium treated arsenic beggars,” helium said.

Responding, Chairman of the NUJ FCT Council, Comrade Grace Ike, congratulated the caller IGP connected his assignment and described him arsenic a longstanding person of the press.

She expressed assurance successful his enactment and assured him of the council’s readiness to collaborate with the constabulary successful reporting information matters objectively.

Ike besides revealed that the IGP would beryllium invited arsenic a peculiar impermanent to the council’s 2026 Press Week celebration.

She reaffirmed the committedness of the NUJ FCT Council to promoting liable journalism ...