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No Country More Liberal Than Nigeria in Granting Media Access To Information – Lai Mohammed

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No Country More Liberal Than Nigeria in Granting Media Access To Information - Lai Mohammed | Daily Report Nigeria
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
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Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed says there is no other country as liberal as Nigeria in granting the media access to information.

Lai stated this while speaking on Thursday at the ongoing 41st United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) general conference in Paris.

He said fake news and disinformation had reached an alarming rate globally.

The minister said: “UNESCO needs to help governments and the public by placing emphasis on the fight against fake news as much as it could,”

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“In addition to the roles of enhancing access to information and protection of journalists, UNESCO should proffer ways to handle fake news.

“The challenge is how to handle the twin evil of fake news and disinformation which have the capacity to cause unrest and destroy the essence of society.

“Nigeria is completely different from how it is being perceived from outside.

“We are yet to see any country that is more liberal than Nigeria in granting access to information by the media, even among the developed countries.

“For 10 years, I was a spokesperson for the opposition and there was never a time I was incarcerated.

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“At the moment, we have an extremely tolerant government to the extent that it is the government that is at the mercy of the media in Nigeria.”

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