2024 Elections: Don’t be medium for spreading mis/disinformation – NCCE to Ghanaians
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1 month ago
Source:
GhanaWeb
Kathleen Addy, Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has urged Ghanaians to exercise extra restraints on the kind of information they receive and share, especially as the country heads to the polls in December. According to her, that was important if the country was to combat misinformation and disinformation before, during and after the elections and safeguard its peace and democracy. The Chairperson of the NCCE gave the caution in an interview with the media on the sidelines of an engagement with Senior High Schools' Civic Education Clubs, dubbed: "Civic Fest," in Accra, over the weekend. Organised by the Commission with support from the European Union (EU), the event, among other things, was to sensitise the youth on their civic duties and responsibilities and empower them for a peaceful election. Ms Addy said curbing the spread of misinformation and disinformation, particularly in the run up to the country's elections, was crucial in sustaining the peace that Ghanaians had enjoyed over the past three decades.