Governor Ahmed El-rufai and Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed have warned of the danger of fake news in the country ahead of the coming 2019 general election.
Consequently, El-rufai urged the Federal Government to enact legislation that would grant jurisdiction to state judiciaries to handle cases of fake news and hate speeches.
The current law in the country only grant the Federal High Courts jurisdiction to handle cases of fake news.
The duo spoke on Thursday in Kaduna when the Minister paid Governor El-rufai a courtesy visit.
The minister is in Kaduna for the 47th meeting of the National Council on Information, with the theme “Tackling fake news and hate speech to enhance peace and National unity”. Read more