PHOTO: PUL President Charles Coffey
Press Release
(Monday), March 30, 2020- The Press Union of Liberia has warned of the risk of closure of several media institutions, if nothing is done to immediately rescue struggling news outlets.
Media houses in Liberia normally fight to keep
themselves at float in the face of low activities in the Liberian
Economy.
The situation is now compounded by the Coronavirus Pandemic which has largely paused though negligible but advertisement line, says a PUL press release signed by Secretary General, Musa Kanneh on Monday.
The PUL is requesting support from the Weah
Administration, local and international NGOs, bilateral and multilateral
partners to help media houses remain open during these difficult moments.
With limited resources, the Media in Liberia has
step up sanitization on the deadly Coronavirus and its existence in
Liberia.
The PUL is at the same time calling on media
practitioners to remain committed to serving the Liberian People through the
provision of
NPHIL approved preventive messages on COVID-19.
On July 17, 2015 former President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf admitted the Press Union of Liberia into the Order of the Star of
Africa, with the grade of Grand Commander, for the media’s excellent role in
the fight against the Ebola virus disease (EVD) which claimed more than 4,800
lives in Liberia between March 2014 and May 2015.