By our Reporter
Mallam Isa Pantami,the Minister for Communication, has said that it is essential for Newspapers to investigate any report before its release saying his lawyers will meet up with publishers for defamation of character.
It would be recalled that most Newspapers carried a report that US government places Nigerian Minister of Communications,Isa Pantami on Terror watch list for alleged ties with Bokoharam.
The Ministers Statement:
NewsWireNGR your RETRACTION through your independent investigation,has been noted. However, investigative journalism requires the investigation before publishing, not after.
Further, major publishers will meet my lawyers in the court on this defamation of character.
My lectures against the doctrines and all other evil people have been available for over 15 years, including debates that endangered my life against many criminals in Nigeria. If you can’t understand Hausa, get an objective Hausa speaker to translate for you objectively.
On the issue of NIN-SIM Verification to fight insecurity, there is no going back. Our priority as GOVERNMENT based on the provision of our constitution 1999 (as amended) Section 14(2)b is SECURITY, not just economy. For sure, no going back at all. Let’s the sponsors continue.
For your information all, by the Almighty, no amount of intimation will stop Isa Pantami from implementing d good policies of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR on security.
FINALLY: If you are yet to verify your SIM using NIN, do it very soon, b4 our next action. Criminals are feeling the heat.