Click Bait Fuelling Security Fears… Terrorists, Bandits Now On The Run-Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture,  Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has  identified  click bait as one of the factors fuelling security fears in the country , while asserting that   ‘the worst is over’ when it comes to security challenges facing the country.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned Mohammed said this  during  the Ministerial Session  held at the ongoing UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week.

The military and other security agencies were according to him  up and doing with regard to  protection of Nigerians and the  non-citizens.

‘I can assure all that our military and other security agencies have continued to do everything possible to secure and protect Nigerians and foreigners living in Nigeria.

Terrorists have been hard hit and put on the run. Bandits have been decimated and scattered. Our country is safer today than at any time in recent times, thanks to the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. Nigerians too should continue to be alert but must not panic. Like I said in a recent statement, as far as insecurity is concerned, the worst is over for Nigeria’ he said.

 ‘Talking of click bait, this may be what informed the spread of the supposed security alert issued recently by some foreign embassies in Nigeria.

One would imagine that if indeed this kind of security alert was issued, it was for the attention of citizens of the issuing countries in Nigeria. Suddenly, this alert found its way into the media, both new and traditional, thus creating panic in the polity.

Schools were shut, businesses were closed, travel plans were altered, lives were disrupted. No one cared to find out about the authenticity of these alerts. They just published, got the benefit of massive click bait and damned the consequences’ he added-Team@orientactualmags.com
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