The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC)
has sought divine intervention ahead of the state’s local government election
scheduled for January 16, 2021.
Garba Sheka, KANSIEC chairman, said the commission has
consulted “mallams” to pray for a hitch-free election.
Sheka stated this on Monday when executive members of the
correspondents’ chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kano state chapter,
paid him a visit in his office.
“We have mallams praying for us to have a hitch-free
election,” he said.
He also expressed concern about the spread of “fake news”,
which he said was enabled by social media, noting that it posed a major
challenge to the commission.
He urged journalists to help tackle disinformation and
misinformation, especially as it relates to the LG election.
According to Sheka, in the last LG elections which he
presided over in Kano state, news circulated on social media on “false and
unverifiable information of underage voting”.
He, however, explained that when the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) investigated the reports, it was found out that
“the stories and pictures that trended on social media then were not only
falsified, but cooked up to tarnish the image of KANSIEC.”
On his part, Ibrahim Shuaibu, chairman of Kano correspondents’
chapel, assured the commission that his members will be professional in their
reportage of election issues.
Shauibu also disclosed the plans of his chapel to organise a
workshop for journalists on how best to report elections.
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