The Director General of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), Major-General Garba Wahab (Rtd),has emphasized the need to build trust between the military and the media through a three-tiered engagement strategy.
While speaking at an interactive session with the Defence Correspondents Association of Nigeria (DECAN) in Abuja on Friday, Wahab said that the military must engage with the three layers involved, saying that the defence correspondents, the guild of editors, and media owners were the critical layers to deal with.
He said that all the layers must work in agreement with the military to be able to project national interest and also ensure national security.
The Roundtable session with the theme “National Interest versus National Security: A Quest for Responsible Journalism”, was organised by DECAN to take steps to bridge the gaps that had been observed in military-media relations.
