Abubakar Malami, attorney-fashionable of the federation and minister of justice, says the federal authorities is determined to give up impunity.The minister said this in a statement Umar Gwandu, his special assistant on media and public relations, issued on his behalf.
The announcement is in commemoration of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, which is celebrated on November 2 every year.
He said it is satisfying to notice that “Nigeria is not among the international locations with impunity for crimes in opposition to journalists”, referring to the 2020 Global Index for Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists launched on Wednesday through the Committee to Protect Journalists.The record indicated that Nigeria is the best u . S . A . That came off the index from 2019.
Malami stated earlier than the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria had ranked thirteenth across the globe and used to be among top 3 African nations with impunity for crimes towards journalists most effective after Somalia and South Sudan.
Malami attributed the feat finished by way of Nigeria in the new index to the “deliberate and committed efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government thru the implementation of many reforms inside the Nigerian justice zone to encompass extended access to justice, fast justice dispensation, decongestion of Nigeria’s correctional facilities and judicious implementation of the Criminal Justice Act and Justice Sector reforms.
“With the solid foundation of reformed justice sector to be bequeathed with the aid of Buhari Administration, by no means again will Nigeria function amongst nations in which reporters, residents and inhabitants of the us of a will suffer from any form of impunity within the future.”
The minister said the current traits in Nigeria’s worldwide arbitration towards P&ID and some worldwide oil companies are signs of resolute dedication of the federal government to convey to an give up the era of impunity and absence of adherence to due diligence and rule of law in governmental operations.
Malami said government is working to make sure safety of journalists in opposition to rhetorical aggression, trolling, incursion of privateness, phissing and cyber attcks.He added that that with the implementation of cybercrime Act 2015, the incidents of cyber-associated crimes could be minimised.
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