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Former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji has recounted how fake news peddled on social media almost crashed his 40-year-old marriage. The ex-minister gave the account in Lagos at an event to commemorate the 90th birthday anniversary of Prof. Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel laureate for literature.
Speaking specifically on how the menace almost ruined his marriage, Mohammed stressed that the consequences of fake news, disinformation and misinformation were far-reaching. “I could not fathom what was that urgent or serious to warrant being woken up at this time of the night.Mohammed said the accusation from his wife which according to him, was “a bombshell” narrated to him in Yoruba language, but roughly translated thus:
“I had to fetch a calculator and reproduce the Federal Appropriation Act for 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 in the middle of the night and explain to her why it is simply preposterous for me to have 1.3 billion dollars in a foreign account. “She said every effort on her part to deny the existence of this foreign account only succeeded in depicting her in the minds of her friends as a selfish, greedy, and uncaring friend.Mohammed reiterated that social media remained the platforms of choice for the purveyors of fake news, anti-state groups, anarchists, secessionists, terrorists, and bandits.
He said the purveyors of fake news were relentless in their efforts to de-market the laudable policies and programmes of the Tinubu administration. Mohammed said that social media platforms and other intermediaries accountable for their role in amplifying disinformation and misinformation should be held responsible
The National Youths Service Corps has debunked a story trending on social media of a corps member posted to Amotekun Corps for a one-year mandatory youth service programme.The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, has reiterated the Federal Government’s plan to raise electricity generation from 3,500 Megawatts to 6,500MW within the next three to six months.
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