Liberia: PUL Edward Wilmot Blyden Forum Assert Pushes for Independent Media as Incentive for Growth and DevelopmentMONROVIA – Panelists at the Wednesday, June 9, 2021 edition of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) flagship intellectual symposium, the Edward Wilmot Blyden Forum have identified an independent and strong media as a catalyst for driving national growth and development. “The media was all out in helping the country transitioned from war to peace and from peace to development. She challenged her colleagues in the media to help facilitate public discourses in way that help inform national development and transformation. “On the issue of the economy of the media, Zeon suggested state’s financing of the media in ways that ensure that the media as an element of the state benefits from taxes being generated. He also encouraged the media to promoters of peace and development; saying sustainable development is tied to peace as peace is tied to “sustainable development.

Source: Front Page Africa June 10, 2021 07:40 UTC