{"id":119769,"date":"2021-12-11T15:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T14:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=119769"},"modified":"2021-12-11T15:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T14:28:34","slug":"jonathan-to-governments-make-information-publicly-available-to-stop-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/11\/jonathan-to-governments-make-information-publicly-available-to-stop-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan to governments: Make information publicly available to stop fake news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Nigeria&#8217;s president, Goodluck Jonathan has stated that governments at all levels need to make information available to the public to stop the spread of fake news.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Friday by Jonathan at the<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a010th anniversary of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act awards night in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Represented by Ann Iyonu, the executive director of Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, the former president said citizens will not fall victim to fake news if they are well informed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He said that increased access to information would help enhance the development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI want to commend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/26\/tokyo-olympics-2020-dutch-tennis-player-tests-covid-positive-organisers-announce-16-new-cases\/\">organisers<\/a> of this initiative because access to information is important to the growth of our society considering the times we are in today,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWhen citizens are well informed, they will not fall victims of fake news that is spreading in our society and often driven by speculations and falsehood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cMy administration enacted the FOI act on May 28, 2011, to expand the media freedom and give people reasonable access to information on the activities of government for the good of the society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI believe that for a society to grow and develop, people should be granted more access to official information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe are now in the digital age, which means the society will not function well if the people do not have adequate information on how government business is conducted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jonathan further stressed that if the process of governance was not reasonably opened up, people would generate false information that would create problems for society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lanre Arogundade, executive director, International Press Institute, said there has been tremendous progress since the signing of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncc.gov.ng\/accessible\/documents\/807-foia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FOI Act<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on May 28, 2011, by the Jonathan administration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cA decade on, I am happy to stand before you to say tremendous progress has been made, yet there are opportunities for more to be done using the FOI,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cOn behalf of the International Press Centre, the Media Rights Agenda and partners of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) therefore, I welcome you all to this celebration of history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arogundade said that the 10th anniversary of the FOI Act was a milestone worth celebrating, adding that it was also an opportunity to take stock and strategise on improving the implementation and the usage of \u201cthis important law in the years to come.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Nigeria&#8217;s president, Goodluck Jonathan has stated that governments at all levels need to make information available to the public to stop the spread of fake news. 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