A media expert, Mr Isa Nasidi has counsel politicians and journalists against overheating the polity, but instead promote peaceful conduct and civility in their engagements.
Nasidi made the call on Monday at the unveiling of his three books about legal frameworks for political expressions, media regulation and political campaign strategies and tactics in Kano.
He urged political parties, media houses and political radio actors (Sojojin baka) to do everything possible to sanitize the polity.
“You must stop overheating the polity. You must continue to promote peaceful conduct and civility in political engagements and electioneering. And you must stop your followers from hate speech and attack on personal privacy,” he cautioned.
Nasidi, who is a media and communication consultant and PhD student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, added that the books would help politicians, journalists, activists, and media users both conventional and social media to understand the linkup between media, information and politics.
He said that the books would also help them to grasp how harmful information was circulated and the best mechanism for safe media use, Know the legal frameworks that guide political expression and advertising to avoid trespass.
The media expert further said that the aim of the books was also to promote political information and media literacy, sanitize political expression and promote creativity and professionalism in the production and distribution of political news and advertising.
“The books will help them to master the political communication strategies and tactics used for constructing political news and advertising so as to design attractive and effective media campaigns that would communicate ideas safely and efficiently,” he explained.
Nasidi who called for issue-based campaigns, warns against character assassination.
