Your Integrity Is At Stake,Fight Fake news- Prez Akuffo Addo

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President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo has cautioned the Ghanaian media to be on the look out for Fake News in the dispensation of their work.

Speaking at the World Press Freedom Awards Dinner Yesterday, the President mentioned that the integrity of the media is at stake stating in his address that the dominance of fake news in the system is likely to undermine democracies.

Addressing fake news as a global phenomenon he advised that the whole world of media practitioners must determine to confront and  assist the society to identify and combat fake news in the world.
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