The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this at the opening of a three-day retreat organised for State House correspondents in Kaduna.
The retreat with the theme: “Journalism and the change mantra, State House in focus,” was organised by the Presidency and hosted by the Kaduna State Government.
While admitting that anti-corruption is a war, Shehu said the press could help Buhari to win the war as one of government’s weapons against those who aim to pull the country down.
He said that was necessary because the power of the media lies in its ability to expose wrongdoing.
He said, “President Buhari has embarked on an anti-corruption campaign that is bound to offend many. Big toes will be stepped on; personal interests will be cast aside. As the popular saying goes, when you fight corruption, corruption fights back.
“Yes, anti-corruption is a war. And the press can help President Muhammadu Buhari to win that war. You are one of the government’s most lethal weapons in this battle against the forces that aim to pull down Nigeria.
“The power of the media, if they have any power at all, lies in their ability to expose wrongdoing. This power of exposure is a far more effective deterrent in many countries, including our own, than the court systems that deliver judgement and not necessarily justice.
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