As 2023 elections draw close to, the Vice-Chancellor stated journalists “should frequently equip themselves with present information and abilities wanted to conduct correct election reporting.”
The President/Vice-Chancellor of Babcock University (BU), Ilishan-Remo, Ademola Tayo, has urged world media practitioners and significantly in Nigeria to save lots of the career from being “drowned by the cacophony of disinformation.”
Mr Tayo, a Professor of Development Education, who spoke lately throughout a dinner with the members of the Education Writers’ Association of Nigeria (EWAN), a physique of journalists who report on problems with training throughout print, on-line and broadcast media platforms within the nation,” stated the democratisation of the media house by means of expertise has include its good and dangerous.
The vice-chancellor, who described journalism as a noble career, stated accountable journalists should come collectively to battle faux information, misinformation and disinformation.
He stated: “Journalism is not the monopoly of any particular person or establishment. The selection, preferences and wishes of the general public are more and more shaping journalism. The public isn’t any extra a passive recipient of knowledge. In the 21° Century journalism, the general public is now a group that performs an vital position.
“Nigeria is confronted with a lot of socio-political and cultural challenges which can be exacerbated by faux and inaccurate info, in addition to a weak economic system. Unfortunately, efforts to advertise factual and correct info mandatory for growth are hardly attaining the specified outcomes.
“Media practitioners need to be very cautious and take significantly the difficulty of disinformation or faux information, or projecting any info picked from on-line sources as credible with out verification. Otherwise, accountable journalism faces the danger of being drowned out by the cacophony of disinformation.”
The scholar added that the present realities have proven that journalists threat being manipulated by these he described as “actors who transcend the ethics of public relations and accountability by making an attempt to mislead or corrupt journalists into spreading disinformation by making use of the idea of an nameless supply in information reporting.”
“I’m anxious, and I do know that you’re anxious too, that disinformation might trigger misjudgments, unrest, and mistaken selections by residents, significantly when they don’t have the media literacy abilities to guage the content material. This might have dire penalties on the nation’s manufacturing and consumption ranges,” he added.
Mr Tayo stated for journalists to carry out their constitutional duties dutifully and successfully, they “should frequently equip themselves with present information and abilities wanted to conduct correct election reporting, and be very nicely conscious of their responsibility to cut back hate speech and incitement to violence that always come up in an election setting.”
EWAN chair reacts
In his response, the EWAN chairman, Mojeed Alabi, stated the affiliation is decided to empower its members with required abilities to have interaction in accountable journalism.
Mr Mojeed, who additionally used the avenue to advocate patriotism amongst journalists, stated Nigeria wants moral journalism to maintain corrupt politicians and public officeholders on their toes.
He stated: “Journalists are crucial to the survival of democracy, and with out press freedom and moral journalism the nation could also be doomed.”
University’s feats
Meanwhile, the vice-chancellor stated the college with top-of-the-line medical services within the nation, can be making waves throughout different fields.
He stated 5 of the establishment’s recent graduates who completed from its School of Law and Security Studies with second class higher division, lately graduated from the Nigerian Law School with First Class.
Mr Tayo stated the feat by the scholars has debunked the hearsay that personal universities in Nigeria solely “hand out their college students outcomes.”
He stated six of the establishment’s college students who took half within the bar examination graduated with top notch honours whereas solely one among them made top notch whereas within the college.
The feat, he famous, certified BU to be ranked fourth greatest college by way of move proportion within the examination, including that the quantity represents a complete of six per cent “and is the best amongst personal universities in Nigeria.”
Medical interventions
The VC stated throughout the 12 months the college additionally recorded its first profitable bilateral complete knee substitute surgical procedure on a 65-12 months outdated feminine affected person who had extreme knee osteoarthritis in each legs.
“Today, with over 959 open coronary heart surgical procedures on the Cardiac Centre within the Babcock University Teaching Hospital (BUTH), in addition to a number of complete knee substitute and spinal surgical procedures, we proceed to stem the development of medical tourism and creating tangible choices for Nigeria and all residing within the sub-Saharan African area,” he stated.
He stated the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), has upwardly reviewed the college’s pupil enrolment capability in Medicine from 100 to 120, and that the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) has additionally authorised an improve for the Nursing Science pupil enrolment to 150.
He stated: “Currently, we have now 44 accredited undergraduate programmes starting from Accounting to Nursing and Medicine & Surgery. Of this determine, six are from the 2 new Schools of Environmental and Earth Sciences, and Engineering.
“Recently, we obtained an excellent exit report from the National Universities Commission for our 19 programmes introduced for accreditation. Besides the NUC, we have now acquired full accreditation from the Adventist Accrediting Association, (AAA), of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities. This is the denominational accrediting authority for all tertiary and graduate instructional packages and establishments owned by Seventh-day Adventist Church,” he stated.
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Clean power
As a part of efforts to assist the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 which advocates inexpensive and clear power, the VC stated his establishment is about to exchange butane with methane by means of an ongoing biogas undertaking.
“The second part, to attach the pipes from the sewage to the bio-digester, is at a sophisticated degree. The effluence from the breakdown of the bio-digester will likely be used as fertilizer whereas the fuel will likely be used for cooking,” he stated.
He famous that the undertaking will likely be one of many greatest power savers and wealth creation methods for the college.
Collaborations
On collaborations, he stated the college has current collaborations with some establishments together with the Savannah State University, Georgia, Atlanta, USA, noting that BU’s 300-degree college students of Social Work division can resolve to take their second semester within the US.
“The identical collaboration exists between Babcock and the University of Hertfordshire with the journey funded by the Erasmus Pius grant. There can be one other collaboration with the Department of Social Works understanding with the GRO group, Chicago that gives Social Work graduate distant jobs within the USA; KOBI University, USA, provides coaching and analysis for school and college students,” he stated.
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