President Jonathan yesterday took
a swipe at the media, saying that the signing of the performance contract with his ministers was as a result of the
failure of the media to live up its their assigned roles.
The signed performance contract, he stated, gives everyone in the
government targets. The President told the minister that they can assess
themselves and know whether they are achieving their targets.
He said: “You will not depend on what the newspapers will want to
write because the media is now highly politicised. Before, the media used to be
the voice of the ordinary people. But now, the media has become the voice of
those who own them. And those who own the media have private jets. And those
who have private jets are not ordinary people. So, the media is now the voice
of the powerful people. So, we have to have a way of assessing ourselves.”
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