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Federal Government has urged Journalists in the country to make use of the power of their pen both in\u00a0 Prints and electronic Media in the country to fight the proliferation of fake news in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Zubairu Dada stated this as at the weekend during the 2022 Press Week award ceremony and\u00a0 launching of calendar and magazine\u00a0 by Niger state Council of NUJ held at the Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre in Minna the state capital.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Zubairu Dada who was the Chairman of the occasion charged media practitionals not only in Niger State but across the country\u00a0 that as members of a noble profession saddled with responsibility of setting agenda for the country that they must be prepared to discharge\u00a0 their duties deligently in fishing out bad eggs in their midst or elsewhwho were bent on spreading fake news for shellfish and unpatriotic reasons .<\/p>\n

To achieve this Ambassador Dada emphasized\u00a0 that collective efforts by Nigerians was required to succeed and commended executives of NUJ Niger state Council for their commitment and foresight in piloting the affairs of the Union in the state.<\/p>\n

The State Governor Alhaji\u00a0 Abubakar Sani Bello explained that fake news had led to the relocation of many communities to other locations thereby leading to loss of lives and properties which he pointed out\u00a0 must be squarely addressed.<\/p>\n

Represented by Secretary to the State Government,Alhaji\u00a0 Ahmed Ibrahim Matane the Governor noted that Niger state government in collaboration\u00a0 with Federal Government were doing everything humanly possible and within the ambit of the Law\u00a0 to ensure and guarantee protection of\u00a0 lives and properties of the citizenry in parts of the country within the shortest possible period.<\/p>

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Also in his own remarks, the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy Dr. Emmanuel Umar Musa\u00a0 lamented that Federal Government presence on the issue of insecurity in the state and it’s environs\u00a0 has been very minimal and advocated the need for all hands to be on deck\u00a0 to tackle the security challenges bedevilling the country.<\/p>\n

National President of NUJ,\u00a0 Comrade Chris Asiguzo who hilighted\u00a0 that fake news has led to communal, political, and religious crisis, said “as Journalists we must fact checked every informantiion that comes to us professionally to achieve maximum results.<\/p>\n

Similarly, in his remarks Chairman Niger state Council of NUJ Comrade Abu Nmodu said Journalists as the hope of the common man was\u00a0 left actually to bring back democracy as well as promotion of democratic values and practice stressing that “we cannot allow fake news to overshadow our patriotic role especially now that we are being saddled with daunting security challenges in\u00a0 parts of the country that has put us and other Nigerians on the brinks of a catastrophic.challenge capable of affecting the disintegration of the country as a corporate entity .<\/p>\n

Emir of Agaie Alhaji Yusuf Nuhu described the theme: “Fact Check to End Fake News;\u00a0 Tasks before Niger state Journalists as apt and timely and called for collective efforts to materialised.<\/p>\n

Guest Speaker,\u00a0 and Head of Department Mass Communication Ibrahim Badamasi Bbabangida University( IBBU)Lapai Ternenge Ende pointed out that in order to address this problem,\u00a0 investigative journalism,\u00a0 persistent fact checking, and truthfulness were required by\u00a0 journalists and patriotic Nigerians\u00a0 to achieve greater heights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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