Gov Eno’s aide tasks journalists on professionalism, decries rate of misinformation

Senior Special Assistant to Governor Umo Eno connected Research and Documentation, Dr Essien Ndueso, has urged media professionals to uphold professionalism and information successful the discharge of their duties.

He besides raised interest implicit the alarming dispersed of misinformation and unverified reports connected societal media, stressing that though accusation travels faster connected societal media, the velocity without accuracy should not beryllium mistaken for journalism.

Ndueso who is besides the Board of Trustees Chairman of Eket Senatorial District Media Professionals, stated this portion delivering a lecture connected “The Rise of Citizen Journalism: Opportunities and Challenges for Mainstream Media.”

This was astatine the 2026 Media Symposium successful collaboration with the Solid Minerals Development Fund, SMDF, and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA.

He said the media scenery is evolving arsenic integer platforms specified arsenic WhatsApp, Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube person transformed the mode accusation is generated and disseminated, enabling mean citizens to enactment actively successful quality gathering and reporting.

He charged the mainstream media organisations to accommodate to the changing realities by embracing integer tools, fact-checking mechanisms, multimedia storytelling, and ...