IPA Applauds Gov. Caleb Mutfwang's Leadership in Uplifting Nigeria's Standards




By: Labaran Ahmed 

Mr. Shabul Mazadu, Chairman of the Plateau Independent Publishers Association, has commended Plateau State Governor, Barrister Caleb Mutfwang, for revitalizing The Nigeria Standard, the state's newspaper that had been neglected by previous administrations.

Mazadu's statement highlights the significance of The Nigeria Standard in keeping the state informed and preserving J.D. Gomwalk's legacies. 

By revitalizing the newspaper, Governor Mutfwang is demonstrating his commitment to promoting journalism and information dissemination in the state. This effort is crucial in ensuring that the community remains informed and engaged.

"This gesture of reinvigorating the newspaper is timely, most especially now that data tariffs have risen so high that is much cheaper to buy hard copies of newspapers to read than reading them on internet". 

IPA wishes to make the following requests: 1) The Nigeria Standard should have journalists in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, to report first hand and current happenings around the Country.

2) All Government Primary and Secondary Schools should be given copies of every edition and there should be time table for pupils and students to go to libraries to read. This will revive the dead reading culture in schools.
 
3) The Government should encourage all the LGs to have vendors stands in their domain so as to reach places where there are no mobiles' network and those who love reading hard copies of newspapers to meet their hobby.  

4) The production of the newspaper should be increased to five times a week. 

5) Community papers too should be put into consideration for patronage to complement the dissemination of information, and boost employment too. 

It is worthy to note that every Community newspaper have the following benefiting: journalists, editors, graphic designers, those doing separation and those doing impression (printers), paper vendors, paper trimmers, transporters and newspaper vendors. The government also benefits as taxes are paid and VAT secured. 

IPA, is indeed happy with the development of reinvigorating the Nigeria Standard by the current government and encourages it to do more until it regains its place as the leading paper in Nigeria. 

IPA wish to call on our reasonable and forward looking State and Federal Legislators, stakeholders and elder statesmen to encourage the paper to grow by patronizing it, because it is our pride. We cannot afford to allow ours to rot while we sustain others' with patronage. 

We call on our youth to awake to reading hard copies of newspapers because there are more news they stand to read from print than online at very cheap rates. To read a complete newspaper online can take 11-13 GB which is about N4000 - N5000 depending on the network, while hard copies are N250 to N300, depending on the medium. 

Hard copies can easily be reached for references, and can be stored for many years".

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