A Professor of History and International Studies at the University of Benin, (UNIBEN) Eddy Erhagbe has tasked journalists with their role as the watchdog and agenda setters of the society.

Professor Erhagbe made the call while delivering a lecture in Benin City at the 2023 World Press Freedom Day with the theme, “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression As A Driver For All Other Human Rights”.

He emphasized that in a modern democracy, there are rights enshrined in the constitution and that if those rights are to be protected, the freedom of the press must be guaranteed.

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In his opening remarks, the chairman of NUJ in Edo state, Comrade Festus Alenkhe said journalists have a constitutional role to practice their profession and therefore should not be hindered in the process.