As groups charge for action in Rivers State in the face of supreme court rulings that tend to change many things, media practitioners have been enjoined to use their various platforms to tone down anxiety in the state.
They instead have been urged to promote peaceful coexistence in the oil-rich but tension-soaked State.
The injunction was handed down by Paulinus Nsirim, executive director, De Gratia Centre for Media Rights and Education. The executive director, a pastor, made the plea in a statement issued in Port Harcourt Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Nsirim noted that the media have a crucial role to play by dousing tension arising from the political crises in the State.
“As agenda setters, media practitioners should place peaceful coexistence at the front burner of their reportage and analysis of the current situation in the State.
“We must shun anything and everything that will promote violence and make everyone in the State know that we have a shared prosperity to protect.
“This is not the time to publicise hate speeches but a time to disseminate information that will break down the barriers of politics, tribe, and religion.
“I enjoin media practitioners to to use their exalted positions to unite rather than divide the State.”
The De Gratia boss who was commissioner of information in the past administration stated that in shaping public opinion and perception, media practitioners must ensure that they are not influenced by filthy lucre.
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