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FG Budgets N104m To Fight Fake News, Hate Speech.
The Federal Government has budgeted the sum of N104,532,705 for its fight against fake news, hate speech, banditry, and others.
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Punch reports that the money was allocated in the 2022 appropriation budget presented to the National Assembly by President Buhari on Thursday, October 7.
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According to the budget documents, N55,642,215 would be used for “Special enlightenment campaign on Government’s Programmes and policies, testimonial series to gauge the impact of government policies on the citizenry.
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Advocacy against fake news, hate speech, Farmers- herders clashes, banditry, rape e.t.c
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The budget further stated that the sum of N48,890,490 would be used for “quarterly interaction with foreign media and PR lobby.
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