Within its ten years of existence, Blueprint newspaper has brought about a lot of changes in journalism practice in terms of reporting accurate, fast, and reliable information.
Journalism is one of the most risky professions as journalists risk their lives to disseminate the needed information as such the personnel of Blueprint newspaper deserve commendation for their relentless services despite the many odds.
Blueprint newspaper ensures fairness and objectivity in its reportage, giving every individual an equal voice irrespective of religion, ethnicity and cultural differences; everyone is carried along, no issue of bias, talk less of disuniting people.
The paper ensures absolute adherence to journalism principles, hence the need to educate, entertain, inform and to foster the development of Nigeria. Surveillance is another factor, the personnel of Blueprint stick to their watchdog function by alerting the populace on anything harmful to the society.
Similarly, Blueprint newspaper is specialised in reporting issues that will enable the citizenry to partake in the decision making of government as well as bring government closer to the people. The newspaper is a doorway to the success of every community considering the nature of its reports.
The Blueprint newspaper, however, contributes to the growth and development of our nation as it helps in boosting the nation’s economy as well as providing employment opportunities for youth. The emergence of the newspaper served as a wake-up call to many newspapers, challenging them to adhere to the ethics of journalism.
Blueprint newspaper contributes greatly in the fight against insurgency, armed banditry, kidnappings, cultism, cyber crime, armed robbery, among other forms of insecurity in Nigeria.
It also plays a pivotal role in creating awareness, uniting people, as well as educating people to accept one Nigeria and avoid the fact that we are not practicing the same religion, not from the same region, language barrier, among others fault-lines.
It builds strong relationships between Nigeria and other African countries, Asia, Europe, North America, etc, as well as protecting our rich cultural heritage and upholding our national integrity.
Therefore, Blueprint is a national newspaper that one can trust and patronise as it provides first hand information, protects and contributes to Nigeria’s development.
Ali Kagu Ali,
Department of Mass Communication,
University of Maiduguri
