The Anambra State Government has denied a report that it has decided to sell the Anambra Newspapers and Printing Company (ANPC), the company that publishes the state-owned National Light Newspapers.
This information was revealed in a statement released on Monday in Awka by the state’s commissioner for information, Paul Nwosu.
Mr Nwosu was responding to a report that claimed the Governor Charles Soludo-led administration had made plans and had drafted letters of disengagement for at least 100 staff members of the media outfit without their knowledge.
He said: “The issue of National Light is still being intensively considered by Exco and as soon as there is a firm decision, the news will be formally made public, but not through a grapevine or a mole.
“If the governor hates journalists, members of the NUJ would not have been invited as panellists that interview him during his quarterly Anambra Broadcasting Service phone-in programme, where he interacts with Anambra people.”
He claimed that because the governor had the authority to do so, the ANPC management board was not abolished along with other boards.
According to Mr Nwosu, Governor Soludo has sent delegates to events in the state that journalists have planned, proving that he is not at war with them.
