Radio Nigeria has been encouraged to continue playing a leading role in ensuring credible, accurate and reliable social media news.
This was the view of participants at a one day ICT training for media professionals in Akure organized by the ICT Department, Radio Nigeria Ibadan Zonal Station.
An online specialist, Mr Tope Aremu observed that Radio Nigeria online platforms had been objective but accurate and balanced, thus correcting the ugly image of social media and fake news.
The ICT expert hinted that social media was very helpful to the conventional media in the area of access to rich discourse for contents, drawing the audience to programmes and services which would result in an increase in revenue.
He enjoined Radio Nigeria FM stations to tap into various opportunities embedded in the social media and appealed to the management to put in place policies that would encourage clients.
A software engineer, Mr Abiodun Akinbodewa and another ICT expert Mr Adedayo Ajeleti called for a reorientation among staff about the corporation websites and social media handles, saying the workers had a role to play in making Radio Nigeria more visible on the social media and Online platforms with its reliable news so as to check fake news and as well make the corporation benefit financially.
In a remark, The General Manager, Positive FM, Akure, Mr Tunde Abiodun noted that the ICT had tremendously boosted media operations.
He pledged more support for the Online Unit, and solicited cooperation of the staff to make the unit a success story.
The Assistant Director, ICT, Ibadan Zonal Station, Mrs Wosilat Salami said the training was to improve the staff’s capacity in ICT.
The participants described the workshop as timely and needful.
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