 A group under the auspices of Kaduna State Alliance against terrorism has called on the People's Democratic Party PDP Kaduna State governorship candidate Issa Shiro to step down from the race and allow the candidates to tackle the insecurity confronting the state. Speaking at a press conference in Kaduna State, the chairman of the group says, despite the declaration of the criminal element as terrorists by President Mohammed the candidate continued to call them bandits. He said Kaduna State, like other Nigerian state, is still nursing the bruises caused by activities of terrorist elements, which have adversely affected numerous businesses. The demanded that security agencies and other relevant authorities investigate Hashiro for supporting negotiations with bandits publicly during a live TV program. A group African parliamentary advocacy and reform group advised Nigerians to take parliamentary elections seriously and ensure credible lawmakers are voted into Senate and the House of Representatives. The group observed that for some time parliamentary elections have always been conducted in the shadow of the executive during the period of elections. Now on the report. Observe that parliamentary elections, which are supposedly the symbol of democracy, is often times neglected during the build-up to the general elections. And this year is no exception. According to the recent representative of Konrad Adenova Stifstong in Nigeria, Maria Peter, 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 commanded the media for its role of holding the government accountable. 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 proper functioning media. And one of the mandates of the Konrad Adenova Stifstong is to support all democratic institutions. The media is better placed to set the agenda for public discussion on critical issues, especially in the bill to the elections. Additionally, the media should facilitate community and nation building by helping people find common courses and work toward practical solution to the problems confronting Nigeria 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 on 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 in 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 will say the new Naira note, is a very topical issue today because it has affected Nigeria's across board and chosen it as one of the topics to be discussed here in Stanley 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.