, on Friday in Abuja, launched the “Run-Am” mobile app to verify fake news and combat the spread of misinformation during the electioneering period.
According to her, the app has the news verification feature, image verification feature and voter-education feature to check misinformation that may cause violence during elections. “But when you find out, you will see that that information is not true but when voters do not turn up, that is when it will be easy for them to rig the elections.She added that the organisation was working to ensure that the App is run in our local languages and pidgin English, for easy accessibility of all Nigerians.
“So when we have this type of App , from reputable organisations like this, we tend to identify with them and express our happiness that this is coming from a Nigerian organisation,” he said.