Abiodun, Boye urge PR practitioners to curb misinformation, hate speech ahead of 2027 election

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has urged members of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, to deploy their expertise successful curbing misinformation and hatred code up of the forthcoming wide elections.

Abiodun made the telephone astatine the 2nd variation of Owanbe Nite organised by the Ogun State Chapter of NIPR successful Abeokuta connected Friday.

Speaking astatine the lawsuit themed "Ariya Galore: Celebrating the Spirit of Oneness", Governor Abiodun, who was represented by the Head of Service, Mr Iskeel Saka, urged the Institute to beforehand liable governmental communication, peaceful information and issue-based engagement to foster a harmless and credible electoral process.

"As we attack the forthcoming wide elections, I impulse NIPR to deploy its nonrecreational expertise successful promoting liable governmental communication, curbing misinformation and discouraging hatred speech," helium said.

He besides charged members of the Institute, peculiarly those successful the civilian service, to uphold ethical behaviour and bring their nonrecreational expertise to carnivore connected nationalist work delivery.

Abiodun said the taxable of the lawsuit aptly captured the value of unity and peaceful coexistence, noting that taste practice remained a almighty instrumentality for fostering societal cohesion.

Earlier successful her invited address, the State Chairman of NIPR, Mrs Oluwaseun Boye, urged nationalist relations practitioners to beforehand issue-based campaigns and antagonistic misinformation up of the forthcoming wide elections.

She...