 Stakeholders in Ogwen State have expressed concern over the rampant cases of intimidation, harassment and assault of journalists while carrying out investigative and auto-routine reports. Correspondent tells more on this report. Police who report states over 1,200 journalists were killed between 2006 to 2020. While over 62 lost their lives and in 9 out of 10 cases, the killers go unpunished. The Kavina Semyonfakeya raises concern about the economic and psychological safety of journalists in Nigeria in order for them to do the jobs without fear or favor. I mean all over the world, there has been attacks, assaults and in some cases, outright assassination of journalists. But the problem is the impunity that is failure on the part of the government or the judicial sector to prosecute or to punish the perpetrators of those that start acts. And the implication is that if the perpetrators of these violence acts go unpunished in no time, assaults, killing, attacks on journalists could become the norm. At this event, stakeholders and practitioners in the industry advocate safety for journalists with a call for an absolute freedom of the press. I was writing down when the anchor was speaking. He said some journalists were killed in 2nd November 2013. He said he was given 24 hours ultimatum to vacate a kid in state by a governor. He said a witness journalist being beaten by security officers supervised by a governor. He also said a witness journalist being victimized in open state by a governor. So you see there's a common denominator in all of these things. So that tells us and that is in tandem with my notes. There is, if you collect the lifetime, there's a common denominator. The major perpetrators of journalists assault are the political actors. A veteran journalist at the event challenged media organizations to improve the welfare of their workers. The UJ is not doing enough. When it comes to the issue of renumeration for journalists, right? This is the period of how you can be bought, you see me. If the publishers of newspapers are not paying, how do you expect the poor journalists to survive? If somebody gives him Brian Blue, you want him to reject that Brian Blue? No, that is one of the big problems in the media. When they are not properly paid, there will be temptations. I'm the product of media. So why should we now not doing well with the journalist? It is appalling, it is uncomfortable, it is condemnable. I want to say that journalism is the fourth estate of the web. They are the one that can make the society to be better. And the problem of this country, I want to say that is the media that can solve the problem. To avoid further attacks, journalists are therefore advised to always train carefully while discharging their duties. This is Abibat Ajayi, Pro-TV Africa, Oregon State.