SECTOR 1 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 3.2 (2008: N/A; 2011: 4.2) 1.10 Civil society in general and media lobby groups actively advance the cause of media freedom. Nigeria has many organisations promoting and protecting the interests of media and journalists. Some of the most prominent organisations operating in the country, as identified by the panellists, include: • • • • • • • • The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) The Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) The Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria (BON) Media Rights Agenda (MRA) Radio, Television and Theatre Workers Union (RATTAWU) The Nigerian Guild of Editors Institute for Media and Society (IMS) International Press Centre (IPC) Media organisations and other civil society groups regularly advocate for the protection of press freedom. After the African Independent Television (AIT) was prevented from attending a press conference by President Muhammadu Buhari shortly after he assumed office in 2015, the civil society outcry led to a reversal of the government’s position. 22 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NIGERIA 2015