The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi ll on Friday, urged newsmen to always portray Nigeria in a positive light to protect its image and attract foreign investment.

• Sanusi made remark in Kano in a message to the opening of the fifth edition of the annual workshop for energy reporters organised by the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC).
• Sanusi said negative media reports had created a bad image for the country at a global level.
• According to him, journalism profession has been infiltrated quacks who thrive in unethical behaviours and adverse yellow journalism.

“We must desist from Yellow journalism which is now the trend in the country; most of our reportage today is about portraying the country negatively instead ‎of positively. We are not doing the country any good.

“We are not supposed to publish everything that will portray our nation bad because whatever we publish is respected by the public.

“We should try not to cause chaos, subvert peace in the country. We are aware that the government is trying to fix some of the crisis in the country and it’s not easy doing that particularly in Oil and Gas industry which is the backbone of the nation’s economy.

“We should soften things; what is bothering me is how we are portraying the country bad, a situation you hardly find in other parts of the world.

“We must learn to report positively; that is the kind of journalism we want to see in this country,” the emir stressed.

Earlier, the Managing Director of KRPC, Mr Adewale Ladenegan said the workshop was organised by the company to ensure that media practitioners have the required knowledge and capacity to effectively report the oil and gas industry.

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