Nigeria, June 22 -- In a society where the value of professional roles is increasingly misunderstood or deliberately misrepresented, the journalist has ironically become both the observer and the scapegoat. This scapegoating is not just wrong, it is dangerous. It puts undue pressure on members of the Fourth Estate and distracts from the real responsibilities of those who hold power and wield influence over systems and institutions.

Recently, at an anti-corruption event organized by an NGO in Ikeja, Lagos, the discourse that should have focused on the solutions to the endemic problem of corruption in Nigeria took a rather curious turn. One would have expected rigorous policy suggestions or robust criticism of political impunity. Instead, ...