From Ahmad Muhammad, Bauchi
The Commander 33 Artillery Brigade, Shadawanka barracks Bauchi, Brigadier General E. Egbe has charged journalists, particularly leaders of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to work towards fighting against the activities of fake news peddlers for the betterment of Nigeria.
General Egbe gave the charge when he received the Executives of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Bauchi on a courtesy call in his office Wednesday.
The Commander expressed concerns that the internet space is always inundated with series of fake news from different media bloggers, noted that such scenario is not good for the security of the society.
“We work day-in day-out to secure the Communities but such good efforts and our achievements are mostly under reported. We are not saying some anomalies should go unreported, but let it be verified and reported correctly”, he said.
“We are all partners in the Nigerian project and as such, Journalists should do more of positive reports about the country than the negatives”, the Commander stated.
Brigadier General Egbe advised the NUJ on the need to equipped its in-house disciplinary mechanisms with a view to ensuring more sanity in Journalism as well as curbing the menace of fake news.
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