Participants at the end of a three-day regional capacity-building workshop held in Lagos under the theme, "Truth at the Ballot: Strengthening Media and Civil Society for Democratic and Peaceful Elections in Nigeria." Credit: FactCheckAfrica
Journalists, fact-checkers and civil society organisations have launched a nationwide #CheckBeforeYouPost campaign as part of efforts to curb misinformation, disinformation and hate speech ahead of the Osun State governorship election and the 2027 general elections.
The stakeholders said Nigeria’s information ecosystem faces growing threats from coordinated misinformation capable of undermining electoral integrity, fuelling political tension and eroding public trust in democratic institutions.
The resolution was contained in a communiqué issued on Saturday at the end of a three-day regional capacity-building workshop held during the week in Lagos under the theme, “Truth at the Ballot: Strengthening Media and Civil Society for Democratic and Peaceful Elections in Nigeria.”
The workshop was organised by the Fundación para la Internacionalización de las Administraciones Públicas in partnership with FactCheckAfrica under the European Union Support to ECOWAS in Peace, Security and Governance Project.
