FILE: President Bola Tinubu
The Nigerian Press Organisation has welcomed President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to investigate the activities of major global technology companies and generative artificial intelligence platforms operating in Nigeria.
The organisation described the move as a significant step towards addressing concerns over the use of journalistic content by digital platforms and ensuring fair competition in the country’s media industry.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Deputy President of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Press Organisation, Frank Aigbogun, the NPO said the presidential directive followed a joint petition submitted to the Federal Government by its member organisations, comprising the NPAN, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers.
According to the organisation, a delegation met with the President in March to raise concerns over what it described as the growing threat posed by major technology companies and artificial intelligence platforms to the sustainability of Nigeria’s media ecosystem.
