The governor spoke in Ilorin, the state capital, at a lecture organised to celebrate the 60th birthday of Oloriewe Raheem Adedoyin, a media giant and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress .
He said the trend of fake news was very alarming and constituted a threat on peace and cohesion in the country, agitating for legislations driven by professionals themselves to check the menace.“Anytime I see news online, I will first go to major newspapers and if it is not there, I will move away. Now, we should go beyond that because there is a lot of slanderous, unprofessional reports trending online. You need to clean up the industry.
Olorunyomi spoke on “Free Press, Focus of Democracy and Future of Nigeria.” Fake news is a menace prompted by technological advancement and can only be defeated intellectually, Olorunyomi said.
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