Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says fake news and hate speech are the flip side of Nigeria’s success in information technology.
He made this statement at the celebration the Digital Nigeria day in Abuja.
The advancement of information technology in Nigeria and the gains made poses an indirect challenge to the ministry of information and culture.
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Nigeria adopted 24th October as its Digital Nigeria Day to promote the development of the Digital Economy and the day,
It is also recognised by the United Nations as World Development Information Day.
This year’s celebration of the day will span from 24th October to 27th October.
Digital transformation has brought a lot of changes in education, finance, health, and housing.
Particularly in 2020 when the world fight through the Covid-19 pandemic, smarter and better ways of getting things done, were developed.
The ICT sector has contributed immensely to the Gross Domestic Product of the country in the last 3 years
At each stage, these numbers have been the highest-ever contribution of the ICT sector to the GDP, playing a critical role in enabling Nigeria to exit the recession.
The quarterly revenues generated also rose from N51.3 billion to N408.7 billion, through spectrum sales and taxes from the sector.
Despite the gains for the ICT in the country, it has also had its shortcomings on the Nigerian internet users
The Minister of information and culture Lai Mohammed says ICT advancement has removed gatekeepers in the area of information dissemination.
This has given way to the free flow of hate speech and fake news.
Nigerians now have to ensure that they fact-check, and analyze information before disseminating such, to curtail fake news and hate speech.
Nigerians now have to ensure that they fact-check, and analyze information before disseminating such, to curtail fake news and hate speech.
