It is quite unfortunate and tragic that the "flagship" of Nigerian press could not practice what it regularly preaches in its powerful editorials on managing Industrial relations amongst other topics. This closure will further exacerbate the declining fortunes of the paper whose quality has plummeted from the Olympian heights of the Stanley Macebuh and Dr.Yemi Ogunbiyi era. The paper has sadly become a copy cat, shamelessly aping This Day on Sunday.Indeed; its major attractions are the Job adverts on Tuesdays and Thursday and the Reuben Abati's weekly columns.
I am also puzzled whythe Ibru dynasty with their famed fortunes can not intervene to prop up one of their family heritage.
Like Reuben Abati would say, the story of Guardian is akin to the Nigerian story;"How are the mighty fallen!” The loss of Guardian will be the gain of This day. All that is left to nail the coffin of Guardian is for Reuben Abati to cross over to This day.