Conventional media still verifiable source of news – NTA DG

The Director-General of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Malam Yakubu Ibn Muhammad, has assured Nigerians of continued dissemination of factual information.

He said the impact of the new and social media will not edge out the good work of the conventional media.

The DG stated this Sunday, at the NTA Jos zonal network center, 10th annual Ramadan lecture themed: “Impact of ICT on societal morals: Islamic perspective,” held at the conference hall of Jos central Mosque.

Represented by his special assistant, Abdulwahab Poopola, Muhammad, said although the social and new media has become a medium of passing information, it will not dislodged the conventional.

“The conventional media will always make the audience verify and relay on whatever, news they must have read or seen on the social and new media,” he said.

The paper presenter Engineer, Mansur Nakande, said evolution of ICT is a development for the overall good of human beings, stressing that but many people are today abusing it usage.

He said the Muslims and Islamic religion are suffering from the; “misused of ICT.”

“Internet has ushered in a new dimension in our lives and we need to deal with it to sustain and remained relevant in this fast changing universe.

“Islamic religious rights, which are legally recognized, are being violated daily in the name of economic advancement, political stability, religious causes, campaigns against terrorism or for personal greed and interests,” Nakande said.

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