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NADIR Appoints PRNigeria’s Head of Truth-Examine, Dahiru Lawal as Government Secretary
The Head of Particular Investigations and Truth-checking at PRNigeria, Mohammed Dahiru Lawal has been appointed as the chief secretary of the Community of Advocates for Digital Reporting (NADIR).
His appointment which takes rapid impact was contained in an announcement on Monday signed by NADIR’s head of Info and ICT, Fom Gyem.
In response to the assertion, Dahiru a serial award-winning improvement investigative journalist and fact-checker who was general Campus Journalist of the 12 months 2020 in Nigeria is anticipated to carry his wealth of expertise to bear within the discharge of his new function.
With a number of well-researched fact-checks and investigative stories throughout varied platforms to his credit score, Dahiru has received a number of awards, together with the 2021 Greatest West African Fellow on the Kwame Kari Kari, Premium Occasions Middle for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) Analysis and Truth-checking Fellowship and Professor Ali Pantami Prize for the Greatest Graduating Pupil in Digital Journalism at Bayero College Kano.
An writer, his award-winning “101 Pretend Information on EndSARS” bagged the SABRE African PR Award in Tanzania in addition to IPRA Golden World Award 2022
He’s a 2023 Mandela Washington Fellow and can be enterprise his Fellowship in June this 12 months on the Presidential Precinct, Charlottesville, Virginia in the USA of America (USA).
PRNigeria stories that NADIR is a non-profit, non-political group that serves as a journalism for digital inclusion and fact-checking platform that promotes constructive digital narratives and enhances digital literacy for assured nationwide development.
Its goal, amongst others, is to counter-influence operations that result in misinformation and pretend information, promote digital programmes, champion digital consciousness creation, advance web freedom, and promote digital inclusion.
In response to Miss Gyem, NADIR’s Board of Trustees/Administrators specific pleasure about his appointment and are assured that he would discharge his duties diligently.
Dahiru’s appointment as the chief secretary of NADIR is anticipated to additional improve the group’s efforts in selling digital inclusion, fact-checking, and enhancing digital literacy.
By PRNigeria
