Nigeria: Zuma Films Festival - Homevida Trains Policymakers

14 December 2018

The Nigerian Film Integrity Awards (Homevida), with support from Google, held a policy makers training and panel discussion recently held in Abuja, themed: "promoting safety across online platforms through established control measures, people sensitisation and self-regulation".

In her opening remarks Nnenna Eze, Homevida program officer welcomed the dignitaries present and emphasised the purpose of the training and panel discussion is to engage with relevant stakeholders who will discuss and highlight the benefits of the internet and also educate citizens on the effects of hate speech and importance of fact checking information to curb the spread of fake news and also using the internet to promote democracy.

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