Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged media practitioners to address the issue of fake news and provocative information.
Osinbajo, who made the call when he hosted media practitioners to a special appreciation dinner on Thursday in Abuja, also pledged improved engagement with them.
He called on media practitioners to be curious about fact-checking and do simple but thorough investigations over any contentious issue for the public to know the truth.Osinbajo said that the lies about President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate went far and deep because no one bothered to unravel the truth early until it got to the court.
“And the television said that the WAEC official denied Buhari’s certificate, which is false, completely false.
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