WPFD 2020: NEWSPAPERS ON STRIKE.

By Prince Oben Agbor in Kumba.

Private Newspaper Publisher in Cameroon have given a blackout to news issues this Monday May 4, 2020, in protest against Government's neglect of the private media in the country.

Their protest comes barely a day after the commemoration of world press freedom day on Sunday May 3, under the theme: "journalism without fear or favour".

Although the day was low key given the on going deadly pandemic of COVID-19, Publishers of English language newspapers under the banner of their Association resolved to engage in a strike action with all the papers carrying a lone main caption.

NEWSPAPERS ON STRIKE OVER NON- PAYMENT OF BILLS, GOVERNMENT NEGLECT OF PRIVATE MEDIA!

Reports say, some of the Media Organs have gone on break waiting for their demands to be addressed by the Powers -that-be.

As of Sunday May 3, 2020, government has not responded to their demands.

It is expected that government's Spokesman, the minister of communication, Rene Emmanuel Sadi, would come up to defend the position of the government and make amend for the Publishers to go back to work.

In Cameroon, strike action by media Houses is rare and this seems to be the first of its kind, maybe after a long time for such blackout.

Newspaper blackout is a common phenomenon in most English speaking countries in Africa especially in next door Nigeria and Ghana, when there is an issue to grind with the State but such agitation has not been the culture in Cameroon.

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