The Ondo state government has
condemned in strong terms, a statement by a female member of the Channels
Television panel on the debate for governorship candidates in the state,
to the effect that it denied the panel the use of the International Event
Centre (The Dome) as well as prevented the states radio and television
stations permission to link up with it to air the debate.
Describing the statement as
malicious and calculated to smear the image of the government reputed to be one
of the most tolerant and media friendly in the country, the government said
such a statement could only have come from the pit of hell, using a biased
heart as tool, to ventilate deliberate lie against the government and
designed to achieve a devilish aim.
Putting a lie to the statement, the
Government , in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Mr
Kayode Akinmade said there was no official communication between it and the
television station regarding the use of the event centre for the
purpose of holding a debate or for other uses.
The government said there was
also no official communication between it and the television station to
the effect that the state broadcast stations be allowed to link up
for the live coverage of the said debate.
Demanding that Channels Television
retract the statement, the government wondered what a reputable broadcast
station like Channels intends to gain by spreading falsehood against the state
government.
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