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Abdulhamid Babatunde canvasses some form of rules to whip the media into line
When all is said about the taming of Twitter by the federal government my hope is that there will be a rapid realization that a lot that needs to be done to make the media environment in Nigeria conducive for the timely restoration of security, peaceful coexistence and national development. My reference to the taming of Twitter is a clear indication of my support for the imposition of restraint and responsibility on the unregulated operations of a private foreign propagator of information that has proved to be detrimental to a developing country that is grappling with the inevitable and well-known challenges of nation-building. What on earth happened to the concept of development journalism that was purposely promoted for providing an enabling media environment for developing countries to thrive?