Conversations on digital security, fake news and the integrity of elections in Africa dominated the 2-day conference on New Media, Citizens and Governance (NMCG), held in Abuja on October 24 and 25, 2018.
Citizens and experts used the platform to assess the important role new media plays in entrenching democratic practices in Nigeria and Africa.
The event hosted by Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE), Paradigm Initiative and BudgIT, drew participants and speakers from seven African countries to deliberate on the theme, “Government, New Media, and Civic Spaces.”
Keynote speaker Chidi Odinkalu, the former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in his address praised the role new media has played in ensuring dissemination of information and demystifying the aura around power.
“The power of new media has made it easy to access the innermost corners of Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. Places like the Presidential Villa where people are being barred from taking pictures…
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