To tackle the growing challenge of fake news, misinformation, and disinformation, Nigerian editors have resolved to set up fact-check desks in their respective newsrooms.
This decision was reached during a one-day workshop organised by the European Union (EU) in partnership with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) held in Lagos.
Speaking at the workshop, the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Gautier Mignot and the NGE President, Mr. Eze Anaba stressed the need for newsroom managers to acquire the skills and tools for fact-checking to arrest fake news, misinformation, and disinformation.
Mignot said that the EU has deployed a multi-pronged approach to address the threats posed by misleading information, which he described as a danger to democracy and public trust.
The NGE President expressed hope that the gathering would serve as a platform for building collective capacity to identify and combat false narratives in the country.