A cikin kasa da makwanni takwas daya rage a gudanar da zabukan shekarar 2023, cibiyar ‘yan jarida ta kasa da kasa, IPC, a ranar Talata, ta bayyana cewa an kaiwa ‘yan jarida kimanin 250 hari a lokacin da suke yada labaran zaben shekarar 2019.
Babban Darakta na IPC, Lanre Arogundade ya bayyana hakan ne a yayin da yake gabatar da tambayoyi a gefen gabatar da sakamakon binciken da IPC ta yi na yadda ake gudanar da rahotannin al’amuran zaben 2023 da jaridu 15 da kuma kafar yanar gizo suka buga na tsawon watan Oktoba da kuma Nuwamba 2022.
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Arogundade ya bukaci hukumomin tsaro da su tabbatar da cewa irin wadannan hare-haren da ake kaiwa kafafen yada labarai baya faruwa a baya, lokacin da kuma bayan babban zaben shekarar 2023, ya kuma koka da yadda ‘yan jarida ke fuskantar barazana a harkokin siyasa.
Ya kuma ce a hada kafafen yada labarai da INEC da hukumomin tsaro za su samar da tsaro a lokacin zabe, ya kuma bukaci jami’an tsaro da kada su rika kai wa ‘yan jarida hari a yayin da suke gudanar da ayyukansu da tsarin mulki ya ba su dama su ci gaba da tafiya gwargwadon yadda suke da izinin yada labaran zabe.
Ya kara da cewa “haka ma babu laifi wajen baiwa ‘yan jarida riguna masu jure wa harsashi.”
A cewarsa, sa ido kan kafafen yada labarai wani bangare ne na ayyukan IPC a karkashin kungiyar Tarayyar Turai, EU, da aka ba da tallafi, ‘Karfafa kafafen yada labarai don tabbatar da gaskiya, daidaito, da’a, da kuma hada baki kan harkokin zabe da zabuka a Najeriya.
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Ya ce: “Abu daya shi ne a matsayinmu na ‘yan jarida, dole ne mu kasance masu da’a, kwararru, wani abu kuma shi ne a samar mana da yanayi mai kyau. Kuma shi ya sa na yi magana game da bukatar jam’iyyun siyasa da gwamnati su hada kai don tabbatar da cewa an kare mu a matsayin abin da ya shafi tsaro.
“Duk da haka, babu wani dan jarida da aka kashe a ranar zabe a shekarar 2019 amma an ci zarafin ‘yan Jarida 250 a fadin kasar nan ciki har da wasu daga cikinsu da aka amince da su, musamman jami’an tsaro masu kishin kasa.
“Daga cikin ‘yan Jaridu 250 akwai wadanda kuma aka kai musu hari yayin da suke gudanar da ayyukan yakin neman zabe. Za ku tuna cewa a lokacin da wata jam’iyyar siyasa ta kaddamar da yakin neman zaben gwamna a Legas, aka yi tashin hankali da ya hada da wasu barayin jam’iyyar, an harbe wasu abokan aikinmu guda uku a Legas, yayin da wasu daga cikinsu harsashi ya same su.
“Don haka yana da matukar muhimmanci mu yi nazari kan abubuwan da muka yi da kuma karfin aikinmu, inda yake da gibi domin mu iya cike su domin yin tasiri a harkar zabe a watan Fabrairun bana.
“Don haka ina ganin cewa irin kima ne da muka yi.”
A cewarta, haɗa kai a cikin rahotannin kafofin watsa labaru ya kasance matalauta saboda yawancin ƙungiyoyin watsa labarai sun fi mayar da hankali kan wani sashe na masu samar da labarai wanda galibi ba sa sa masu karatu su yi sha’awar wannan rahoton.
A wani labarin kuma, Gwamnatin Kwara Ta Ayyana Ranar Hutu Don Karbar Katin Zabe
Gwamna Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq na jihar Kwara, ya ayyana ranar Laraba a matsayin ranar da babu aiki, domin baiwa ma’aikatan gwamnati damar karbar katin zabe na dindindin, PVC, daga hukumar zabe mai zaman kanta ta kasa INEC, wanda zai tabbatar da gudunmawarsu a babban zabe mai zuwa. Kamar yadda Daily Post ta ruwaito.
Shugabar ma’aikatan jihar Kwara, Mrs Susan Modupe Oluwole ta bayyana hakan a cikin wata sanarwa a Ilorin ranar Talata.