Opposition Planning To Destabilise Electoral Process Via Fake News – Federal Govt News
The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at the 21st edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard Series said the opposition parties were deliberately using fake news to undermine the elections.
Mohammed said fake news and disinformation constitute a potent threat to the elections because they were capable of hampering its success. According to him, “I can say, unequivocally, that there has been a worrisome and astronomical increase in the use of fake news and disinformation, making this a clear and present danger to the success of the elections.“This increase is undoubtedly the work of some destabilising agents, some of them linked to the opposition,” Mohammed said.
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