A Non-Govermental Organisation (NGO), Food Basket Foundation International (FBFI), has called for media support to tackle voters\u2019 misinformation, disinformation and spread of fake news as the 2023 general election approaches.
\nThe FBFI Chief Executive Officer, Dr Funmi Akinyele, made the call at a news conference in Ibadan recently.
\nThe Tide source\u00a0 reports that the initiative \u201cSafeguarding Digital Civic Space for Electoral Integrity (SDSEI)\u201d, seeks to defend the digital civic space from all forms of repression.
\nIt was further learnt that FBFI, a woman-led indigenous NGO, was founded in 1989 with a mission of helping low-income families to achieve food and nutrition security on sustainable basis.
\nAkinyele said the organisation took the decision to curb the menace of misinformation and fake news before, during, and after the 2023 general elections.
\nAccording to her, as efforts are being made at combating misinformation and disinformation, the efforts have been faced with multiple challenges.
\n\u201cIntervention by the state has risked limiting essential freedoms with independent bodies facing accusation of bias, while self-regulation of content by social media platforms and their users have proven insufficient to stem the flow of disinformation\u201d,she said.
\nThe FBFI Chief Executive Officer said the project was part of efforts to also safeguard the digital civic space for electoral integrity, before, during and after the 2023 general elections.
\nShe said FBFI had concluded plans to train and deploy about 108 fact- checkers across the country ahead of the elections.
\n\u201cThis project will create easily digestible fact sheets and train fact-checkers across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria.
\n\u201cIn the spirit of transparency, 108 fact checkers will be trained.Three persons between the ages of 18 and 50 in each of the states; these people will ensure that contents are done correctly; everything will be done online. We are very much interested in journalists,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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