Group wants journalists, NGO, CSO partnerships

The African Heritage Institution (Afri-Heritage), an analytical and research-based political and socio-economic institution, has urged journalists to partner with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) and Civil Society Organisations (CSO) for rapid socio-economic development.

The Executive Director of Afri-Heritage, Prof. Ufo Okeke-Uzodike, made the call on Tuesday in Enugu at an Afri-Heritage Breakfast Dialogue with the Press.

Okeke-Uzodike noted that across countries and societies throughout modern history, the media had shaped or influenced social discourses and defined relationships between nation-states and their people.

According to him, where the media are cowardly and pliant, human rights abuses and dictatorships take deep root and become widespread as governments become hegemonic.