IG LAMENTS EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON POLICING AS OBIANO DONATES VEHICLES, TO SECURITY AGENCIES


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INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, MR. MOHAMMED ADAMU, HAS SAID THAT POLICING NIGERIA IN THE ERA OF SOCIAL MEDIA WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
ADAMU WHO WAS REFERRING TO THE USUAL PROBLEM OF FAKE NEWS SAID THIS WHILE ADDRESSING POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERS OF COMMANDS IN THE 36 STATES AND FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY AND STAFFS OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT OF THE FORCE HEADQUARTER IN ABUJA DURING THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF A 4-DAY CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP IN AGULU, ANAOCHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE.
HE SAID, “THINGS ARE NO LONGER THE SAME, TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED THE TERRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNICATION, AND TODAY WE HAVE SEVERAL MEANS IF COMMUNICATION.
“SOCIAL MEDIA CAN MAKE OR MAR YOUR JOB. AS POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERS, YOUR JOB IS TO POLISH THE IMAGE OF THE POLICE, SO YOU MUST BE ACQUAINTED WITH THE VARIOUS MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.
“YOU DO NOT ONLY HAVE THE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA TO CONTEND WITH, BUT ALSO, SOCIAL MEDIA. POLICING IS MADE DIFFICULT BY THE SOCIAL MEDIA, SO YOU HAVE TO BE UP AND DOING AND BE ACQUAINTED WITH THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
“YOU CAN USE THE SOCIAL MEDIA TO YOUR ADVANTAGE, AND IT CAN ALSO BE USED AGAINST YOU BY MISCHIEF MAKERS,” ADAMU TOLD THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERS.
THE IGP ALSO CAUTIONED THE IMAGE MAKERS ON THE NEED NOT TO REPLY TO SOME FAKE NEWS MATERIALS WHICH MOST TIMES ARE PEDDLED TO ATTRACT THEIR ATTENTION AND ELICIT THEIR REACTIONS.
“SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER NOT TO RESPOND, AND IF YOU DON’T, THE ORIGINATORS OF SUCH FAKE NEWS WILL BE FRUSTRATED, AND THEY WILL BACK OUT.

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