From Adanna Nnamani, Abuja
Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday decried that the growth of Information Communication Technology (ICT) has done much harm to his Ministry.
Muhammed spoke at the 2022 Digital Nigeria Day held to celebrate the various achievements in the Nigerian ICT sector and promote digital economy in the country.
According to him, despite the numerous benefits of the ICT, it has enabled the spread of fake news and hate speech which are used to cause ethnic, religious wars and biases and to destabilize the nation.
He said: “While technology is a good thing, it has also caused a lot of problem for my ministry in terms if misinformation, in terms of disinformation and in terms of hate speech.
“Granted, it has created a lot of jobs, it has also created a lot of problems. So I want us to use this week to build skills and ability to be able to digest news, analyze it whether it is true or not.
“What we have today, is that people receive an information, instead of checking to see if it is authentic or not, they just share to distabilise  the nation, to cause religious war, ethnic war and biases.”