 The media has been charged to use its pool of knowledge as the fourth estate of the realm to report, inform and educate Nigerians to ensure a successful general elections. This charge was given at a two-day training workshop organised by Comrade Adonis Stiftung, the Manuel A. General report as presented from our studios. According to the resident representative of Conrad Adino Stiftung in Nigeria, Maria Peten, the training is to ensure that the media is well prepared for the common elections. She said the election is a defining moment for the survival of the country, judging from Phyllis and the body language of the political actors. Her position was supported by the Director General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Professor Boboka Suleiman, who said the training could not have come at a better time. He commended the media for its role of holding the government accountable. The strong media coverage is needed to reflect the legislative work that's going to happen. And I just said this much is at stake, because the next four years will shape of course the direction that the Nigerian democracy is leaning towards. So we all know that there is no proper democracy without the proper functioning media. And one of the mandates of the Conrad Adino Stiftung is to support all democratic institutions. The media is a better place to set the agenda for public discussion on critical issues, especially in the building of the elections. Additionally, the media should facilitate community and nation building by helping people find common causes and work towards practical solutions to the problems confronting Nigerians, regardless of which part of the country they are from, or which part of the country they live in. Facilitators too participate through historical perspective on salient issues about the democratic advancement in the country. There can be alternative views or alternative narratives called marginal narratives. Such marginal narratives may be representative of the majority of the people, but because they do not enjoy wide acceptability if you like or exposure in the media, they may be surprised. It is the duty of journalists of conscience that you are to ensure that marginal narratives are put impartially in the public space with a view to helping voters to do a good comparative analysis. Chairman of the House of Representatives Press Corps, Grace E.K., family organizers for the training and retraining of parliamentary reporters and different fields of reportage. As political and parliamentary correspondents, or if you like journalists, I believe this training will go a long way in preparing us ahead of this crucial national assignment of covering the 2023 general elections. Secondly, the redesign, or I would say the new Naira note, is a very topical issue today because it has affected Nigerians across the board and chosen it as one of the topics to be discussed here is timely and quite commendable. The workshop afforded journalists useful tips on how to ensure stability in the country as well as a free, fair and credible election through their reportage. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.