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‘Fake news aggravated N/Assembly crisis’

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has attributed the escalation of the National Assembly crisis to the circulation of fake news, especially in…

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has attributed the escalation of the National Assembly crisis to the circulation of fake news, especially in the Social Media. The minister disclosed this yesterday, when he paid courtesy visit to the head office of Blueprint Newspapers in Abuja.

He said less than a month after his ministry launched campaign against fake news “A serving senator led the fake news onslaught claiming that only APC members were being allowed into the chambers as a ploy to impeach the Senate President, while PDP members were barred.

“When we launched the campaign, we did not envisage the kind of event that occurred at the National Assembly last week, specifically August 7. “That event, during which the National Assembly was barricaded, is a classic example of how fake news can aggravate conflicts. In fact, it was driven all the way by fake news” he said. Alhaji Mohammed said but for the timely intervention of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, the situation could have deteriorated and brought great opprobrium on the country.

He said in the aftermath of the crisis, news that N21 billion and assorted weapons have been found in the residence of the former Director-General of the DSS also turned out to be fake. The minister admonished Nigerians to always check the source of any news item before sharing it, saying “Don’t share whatever you can’t vouch for.”

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