The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been chosen as the headquarters for the newly established Africa chapter of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) university network. This initiative aims to promote media and information literacy across the continent.
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(UNILAG) has been officially designated as the headquarters of the newly inaugurated Africa chapter of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) university network. The chapter will be headed by the university’s lecturer, Olunifesi Suraj, who also serves as the co-lead of the global UNESCO university network on media and information literacy. According to a press release, the African chapter inaugurated on 9 December with the theme: “The Africa We Want”, will have its headquarters at UNILAG, with regional offices in four other African subregions. In his comments, Mr Suraj, an associate professor in the Department of Mass Communication, UNILAG, noted that the chapter of the UNESCO University network will help harness all the African developmental initiatives by localising the global solutions using media and information literacy strategy. The African chapter has 10 member universities from the continent, with Nigeria having the highest number of representatives at five.MILID is an international university research network established by UNESCO and the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC). The network is committed to promoting media and information-literate societies globally. MILID was launched during the first international forum on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in Fez, Morocco, from 15 to 17 June 201
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