A former deputy governor of Centre Bank of Nigeria , Prof Kingsley Moghalu, Ms Kadaria Ahmed and Dr Joe Abah, have harped on the role social media can play in shaping national reforms, if properly harnessed.
While kicking against any move to gag the social media, they noted that Nigerians need massive enlightenment cum critical thinking and high literacy to maximise the benefits of the social media for national reforms. Ahmed who advocated for participatory journalism as witnessed during the EndSARS protest urged the government to include media literacy as part of the curriculum from the primary school which would over time train and help individuals discern between genuine and fake news.
The former presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party , Prof Kingsley Moghalu in his presentation expressed regrets that poverty which is high in Nigeria and literacy level which is low limits access to the social media.