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Publisher (F.BA)
December 11, 2019
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts at promoting news literacy and strong professional journalism in the country.
The Commission’sDirector General Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu, made the call at the 2019 Annual WorldHuman Rights Day, organised by the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights,CDHR, Lagos Branch.
Modibbo-Kawu, who wasrepresented by the Zonal Director of NBC, Lagos, Chibuike Vincent, delivered alecture on: “The Role of the Media in Promoting Human Rights and Curbing FakeNews in a Democratic Setting”.
The event was themed:“Criminalisation of Rights to Freedom of Speech and Expression as Enshrined inthe Nigerian Constitution”.
The Director-Generalnoted that fake news and sophisticated dis-information campaigns wereespecially problematic in a democratic system. According to him, there is agrowing debate on how to address the issue without undermining the benefits ofdigital media.
In his remark, the HumanRights group Chairman, Lagos Branch, Alex Omotehinse, said that the groupattached so much importance to the commemoration because of the gross violationof inalienable rights.