Kano govt creates committee to regulate media

Kano State has set up an 18‑member Media Information Policy Drafting Committee, which officials say is aimed at regulating media practices rather than censoring journalists. Commissioner for Information Ibrahim Waiya emphasized the move is not intended to gag the press, seeking to reassure reporters while shaping new media guidelines in the state

The Kano State Government has said that the newly established Media Information Policy Drafting Committee was not an effort toward gagging the media, neither a move to stop the press from carrying out their job. Speaking while inaugurating the 18-member committee at the SSG office, the Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Waiya, said, “This Policy Committee […] Kano govt creates committee to regulate media