[Commlist] Symposium On Harnessing African Solutions To Combat Fake News

*INVITATION: SYMPOSIUM ON HARNESSING AFRICAN SOLUTIONS TO COMBAT FAKE NEWS*

The Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for African Studies (OOCAS) cordially 
invites you to its 1^st International Symposium on “*Harnessing African 
Solutions to Combat Fake News, Misinformation and Disinformation”*

Date: Thursday, 13^th July 2023

Time: 11.00 am – 3.00 pm

Venue: Virtual Room

Join/Register for Meeting

https://noun.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpf-itqT0vGdZP7XyKrQmM16B2WQSDVMfy 
<https://noun.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpf-itqT0vGdZP7XyKrQmM16B2WQSDVMfy>

*Guest Speakers*

·*Mr. Bayo Onanuga*, former Director of the Presidential Campaign 
Council of the All Progressives Congress and former Managing 
Director/CEO of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

·*Mr. Ima Niboro,*former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to 
President Goodluck Jonathan and former Managing Director/CEO of News 
Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

·*Dr. Reuben Abati,*Arise Television anchor person and former Special 
Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan.

·*Dr. Nasir Danladi Bako,*former Director General of National 
Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and former Commissioner for Information of 
Sokoto State.

·*Dr. Letshwiti Batlhalefi Tutwane,*former lecturer of Media Law and 
Journalism, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.

·*Prof. Juliet Wambui Macharia,*School of Business, Karatina University, 
Karatina, Kenya.

·*Prof. Cecil Blake,*Professor of Africana Studies and former Minister 
of Information, Republic of Sierra Leone.

**

Moderator:*Prof. Abiodun Gabriel Adeniyi,* Professor of Diasporic 
Communication Baze University, Abuja.

Host: *Prof. Eserinune McCarty Mojaye, *Director, Olusegun Obasanjo 
Centre for African Studies.

Chief Host:*Prof. Olufemi Peters,* Vice Chancellor, National Open 
University of Nigeria.

The event is open to the general public, so please feel free to share 
the zoom link and the flyer on all your social media platforms.

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