A ranar 11 ga watan Fabrairun kowacce shekara ne ake bikin ranar wayar da kai game da gudunmawar mata ga harkar kimiyya da fasaha a duniya.

Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, ta ce ita da hukumominta sun lura cewa a shekara 25 da ta wuce, an samu wawakeken gibi a tsakanin mata da maza a harkar kimiyya da fasaha a duniya.

Babban abin takaicin ma, a cewar Majalisar, shi ne matan, koma-baya suka kara samu a harkar, a maimakon ci gaba.

To a kan haka BBC, ta tattauna da wata jami’a a cibiyar fasahar sadarwa da bunkasa al’umma wato CITAD, Maryam Ado Haruna, wadda ta ce gaskiya an bar mata a baya a wannan bangare, kuma hakan baya rasa nasaba da wasu dalilai da suka hada da al’ada, musamman a arewacin Najeriya, inda ake ganin ire-iren wannan karatu na kimiyya da fasaha na ‘ya’ya maza ne kawai.

Maryam Ado, ta ce dalili na biyu kuwa shi ne koma bayan da mata suka samu a harkar ilimi, tun da sau da dama a wasu wurare ba a bari mata suyi zurfin ilimi ake aurar da su.

Dalili na uku kuwa inji jami’ar shi ne, rashin wadanda ‘ya’ya matan za su gani suyi koyi da su a wannan fanni.

Yadda Tunkiya ta rikita masana kimiyya

Addinin Musulunci bai hana binciken kimiyya ba — Hayat Al-Sindi

Maryam Ado, ta ce bisa la’akari da wannan koma baya da mata suka samu a bangaren kimiyya da fasaha, cibiyarsu na kokari wajen wayar da kan mata da kuma iyaye a kan su rinka barin ‘ya’yansu mata na shiga a dama dasu a bangaren kimiyya da fasaha.

Jami’ar ta ce, yakamata a rinka wayar da kan mutane game da rawar da mata za su taka a fannin kimiyya da fasaha, domin hakan zai matukar taimakawa a samu ci gaba a kowacce al’umma.

By Nasir Ibrahim

Two election monitors in Saturday’s local government polls in Kano, Centre for Information Technology And Development (CITAD) and Action Aid International Nigeria, have faulted the entire process.

They said the process was flawed since it permitted open, multiple, and underage voting.

A statement issued by media coordinator, Election Monitoring Team of CITAD, Hamza Idris, also noted that election officials and materials were in several instances not delivered to polling units on time, ”an action that discouraged voters and led to a boycott of polling units.”

“Underage voting has been witnessed in some places. Insufficient provision of ballot papers in many polling units. At a particular polling unit, there were over 600 registered voters but only 200 ballot papers were issued to it even though there was a considerable turnout of voters in some polling units.

“In most of the local governments within and outside Kano metropolis, voting began between 3:30 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.,” the statement said.

The statement added that a number of newly registered voters could not find their names on the voters register presented by KANSIEC as it is yet to be updated, and voting did not take place in some polling units as the electorate waited endlessly.

They cited a particular case in Karaye local government where this occurred.

The statement said conducting free, credible and fair elections not only helps democracy but consolidates it, especially at local government levels.

“People living with disability were discouraged from voting in certain polling units having to join long queues.

“Provisions should be made to allow people with special needs to easily vote in elections, such as dedicating a particular section or queue for them, providing a shade under which albinos can wait,” the statement observed.

It also recommended adequate and concrete plans to ensure prompt delivery of election materials to all polling units.

“Voters register should be continuously updated to allow emerging voters find their names and cast their votes. Underage voting should not be condoned by election officials and security agents,” the groups advised.

Two election monitors in Saturday’s local government polls in Kano, Centre for Information Technology And Development (CITAD) and Action Aid International Nigeria, have faulted the entire process.

They said the process was flawed since it permitted open, multiple, and underage voting.

A statement issued by media coordinator, Election Monitoring Team of CITAD, Hamza Idris, also noted that election officials and materials were in several instances not delivered to polling units on time, ”an action that discouraged voters and led to a boycott of polling units.”

“Underage voting has been witnessed in some places. Insufficient provision of ballot papers in many polling units. At a particular polling unit, there were over 600 registered voters but only 200 ballot papers were issued to it even though there was a considerable turnout of voters in some polling units.

“In most of the local governments within and outside Kano metropolis, voting began between 3:30 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.,” the statement said.

The statement added that a number of newly registered voters could not find their names on the voters register presented by KANSIEC as it is yet to be updated, and voting did not take place in some polling units as the electorate waited endlessly.

They cited a particular case in Karaye local government where this occurred.

The statement said conducting free, credible and fair elections not only helps democracy but consolidates it, especially at local government levels.

“People living with disability were discouraged from voting in certain polling units having to join long queues.

“Provisions should be made to allow people with special needs to easily vote in elections, such as dedicating a particular section or queue for them, providing a shade under which albinos can wait,” the statement observed.

It also recommended adequate and concrete plans to ensure prompt delivery of election materials to all polling units.

“Voters register should be continuously updated to allow emerging voters find their names and cast their votes. Underage voting should not be condoned by election officials and security agents,” the groups advised.

By Hamza Ibrahim.

As local governments election draw nearer in Kano state, the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has brokered a public discussion between electorates in different Kano communities and their aspiring political figures. The discussion which took place across ActionAid International Nigeria supported project, “Strengthening Citizens Engagement in Electoral Process (SCEEP)” communities brought aspiring chairmen and councilors into face to face deliberation with electorates. February 10th 2018 is set for the local governments election in Kano state, and the electorates need to be reminded on voting in people who will deliver and alleviate their sufferings, hence the need for bringing voters and contestants together. SCEEP project has previously developed “Community Development Charters” for 18 communities across the state, and the charters have carefully highlighted demands, problems, challenges etc of the respective communities, and for the first time, some participants and the aspirants admitted they are talking to themselves not on personal matters but community issues ahead of election, “this is going to be a yardstick upon which we will decide whether or not to vote someone”, emphasized a participant.

Earlier speaking, representative of the Executive Director of CITAD, Malam Ahmad Abdullahi Yakasai summed up the objective of the interactive session to be “a forum where voters see and hear from people who seek their votes in the coming election, so that they decide voting for them and holding them accountable afterwards”. Coordinator of SCEEP project, Malam Isyaku Garba gave an overview of the project and CITAD activities in general urging the participants to prioritize contents of the “Community Development Charters” in their demands from the elective posts contestants.
Three chairmanship aspirants from All Progressive Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Green Party of Nigeria (GPN) and numerous councillorship aspirants attended and interacted with the participating male and female voters from Rano local government area of Kano state. Religious and traditional leaders, youths and women groups, students, traders etc were also present. The aspirants spoke and responded to questions and comments after which they were all given copies of the “Community Development Charters” developed by SCEEP project of CITAD, all of them commended the charters describing it as an ease to the tasks ahead of them.

The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has called on the Federal Government to introduce internet safety and security in the nation’s computer studies curriculum.

Hajiya Maryam Ado-Haruna, the CITAD Programme Assistant, Gender and Internet Advocacy, made the call on Thursday while briefing newsmen in Kano on the outcome of its research on Gender-Based Violence Online.

She also called for the introduction of privacy and personal data protection law in the country.

The official further canvassed for effective implementation of the “Do Not Disturb” policy of the Nigerian Communication Commission which requires service providers to stop sending unsolicited messages by third parties.

On the research, she said: “Gender Based Violence Online (GBVO) is an act of cyber crime carried out against a woman because she is a woman; the crime is primarily carried out to injure her feelings, damage her reputation or tarnish her image.”

According to her, from the data generated, it is clear that gender-based violence online is one of the cross-cutting issues affecting women’s full use of the internet.

“The results of the studies have shown that women in northern Nigeria are being subjected to various forms of online violence such as harassment, intimidation and threat which tends to discourage them from using internet.

“In our campaign over the radio and other medium of mass communication, we advised women about decency and moral conduct online in order not to directly invite GBVO to themselves.”

Ado-Haruna urged women to understand and mitigate the risks they might face in the course of accessing the internet.

She said women must know and understand the privacy and personal applications to secure their online addresses and protect themselves from online harassment.

By Maryam Ado Haruna.

Distinguished members of the press, I welcome you all to our press conference on the outcomes of our researches on Gender Based Violence Online.
In 2017, Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), with support from Internews and Association for Progressive Communication, undertook some researches to find out factors inhibiting women’s participation online especially in the northern Nigeria. The findings of the study have proven that one of the most pressing factors that discourage internet use by women was the fear of the internet. In particular, there were references to sexual harassment and other negative experiences that women are subjected to online.

The main objectives of the researches are:
• To examine the level of women’s awareness on the term GBVO.
• To identify instances of GBVO in northern Nigeria.
• To find out the impact of GBVO women’s participation online.
• To identify the most commonly used platforms for GBVO.
• To find out whether women in northern Nigeria are conversant with internet safety and security tools.

Let me make a clarification here. Sometimes, people confuse gender based violence online with cybercrime. GBVO is an act of cybercrime carried out against a woman because she is a woman; this is primarily carried out to injure her feelings, damage her reputation or tarnish her image. In Nigeria and particularly northern Nigeria, much honour and dignity is being attached to a woman in such a way that an injury to her image affects her greatly if compared with how it affects a man. A typical example is in the case of Rahama Sadau, where people accused her of immorality and irresponsibleness, leaving the man they featured together in the video behind.

GBVO acts include any of the following:
• Unwanted/unsolicited messages;
• Exposure to indecent materials;
• Explicit solicitation from other people (e.g of a picture);
• Posting of pornographic materials;
• Disclosure of our private life by someone online;
• Unauthorized exposure of one’s compromised or naked pictures by someone including boyfriend, husband, ex-boy or ex-husband;
• Threat of exposure by someone;
• Physical attack arising from online contact or conversation;
• Lack of privacy;
• Exposure to the public;
• identity theft;
• Identity impersonation.
• Account hacking etc.

The major findings include of our researches include:
• 41.4% respondents said they have experienced such harassments, 48.9% others said they have never experienced such, 9.7% more said they are not sure whether they have personally experienced online harassment or not. 80.5% of the respondents also said they know women that have experienced GBVO
• A lot of women from our FGD explained that they have experienced account hacking (mostly email and Facebook account) and identity theft, image destruction through photoshop, sexting and spreading of false information with their photos.
• 75% believed GBVO discourages internet, 15% disagreed while 10% were not sure. Most respondents in our FGD believed that it discouragers Internet use by women.
• Among the impact GBVO has made on the respondents, 36% dislike using the internet, 43% use the internet with fear, while 21% went offline completely. Some respondents in the FGD said that their parents/husband stopped them from using the internet, some others said the stopped using the internet themselves.
• 54.1% respondents believed that their harassers were males, 26.4% said they were females, while 19.5% were not sure of their harassers’ gender. The respondents in the FGD reported that most perpetrators were males, though they gave some instance of female perpetrators too.
• 49.5% were harassed online because they were females, 21.5% respondents did not agree that they were harassed because they were females, while 29.1% (27) others said they were not sure.
• Facebook (70%) is the most common platform for GBVO, the others include: WhatsApp (16%), Instagram (8%), Twitter (5%) and Viber (1%). The findings were similar with that gotten from the FGD.

We also undertook a pre and post radio programme surveys to examine the understanding of women on the term GBVO and internet safety and security tools. The data was used to feed our campaign over the radio and also to evaluate the success of the campaign.

The major findings of the pre radio survey were:
• Findings have shown that the 89% of respondents believe that the internet is important to them.
• They use the internet either for educational purposes, researches, communication or for information, though some have mentioned that pornographic materials and harassment make the internet less important to them.
• Results have also shown that most of the respondents (more than 80%) do not know the meaning of internet safety and security, nor do they know the privacy protection tools in which they can use to protect themselves from GBVO.
• The respondents also expressed that they have confidence in the use of the internet and are also confidential that the privacy protection tools can protect them from GBVO.

The post programme survey had shown increase in the understanding of GBVO with significant difference.. The results have also shown that the women in Kano state have become more aware of the importance of the internet to them and to the society at large. They have also become more confident in the use of both the internet and the online protection tools. Findings have also revealed that most respondents fear for the internet has been reduced with a significance percentage.

CITAD’s Campaign
From the data that was generated, it is clear that gender-based violence online is one of the cross-cutting issues affecting women’s participation on the internet. The results of the studies have shown that women in northern Nigeria are being subjected to various forms of online violence such as harassments, intimidations and threats, which tend to discourage the use of the internet by the women. This has especially holdback women’s participation online in the northern Nigeria where the culture, tradition, attitude and religion (to some extent) in their originality affect their internet use. Thus we embarked on a campaign with support from Internews and APC.

Our campaign therefore involved an interactive radio programme on Freedom Radio 99.5FM which centers on the following:

We tried to make the public to realize the importance of the internet to women and for them to accept it as a right that women should have access to the internet. Secondly, we tried to enhanced the capacity of people especially women on how to use the internet safely. In addition, we held a stakeholders’ meeting which brought government, civil society activists, women and religious leaders to deliberate on the research outcomes on Gender Based Violence Online undertaken by CITAD. Finally, we tried to raise awareness about internet as a right and factors that hinder the effective use of the internet by women.

In our campaign over the radio and other mediums, we advised women of decency and moral conduct online in order not to directly invite GBVO themselves. But we are advocating for a safe internet which women can use freely without any fear. Of course, GBVO is an infringement to the rights of women since it has made a lot of women to stop using the internet or has posed fear in their mind while they use the internet.
CITAD also organized a two day training of trainers on addressing GBVO for 20 women from various states. We taught them the tools they can use to protect themselves online. We are expecting them to step down the training to at least 20 other women in their communities/organisations. We also organized a validation meeting on the researches we have conducted.

Call for Action
1. CITAD is calling on the government to introduce internet safety and security in the curriculum of Computer Studies at secondary schools
2. Introduction of protection of privacy and personal data protection law in the country
3. Ensuring the effective implementation of the “Do Not Disturb” policy of the Nigerian Communications Commission which requires service providers to stop the sending of unsolicited messages by third parties.

Role for All
Addressing GBVO is a collective responsibility (including governments, cooperate bodies and individuals). Specifically we need:

1. For Women:
• Before going online, women must ensure they are well-prepared to understand and mitigate the risks they might face in the course of accessing the internet. Such preparation might include knowing and understanding the privacy and personal security online that they can use to protect themselves from harassers online.
• Reading “Terms and Conditions” before agreeing to use or register with any type of application of platform is very essential in protecting oneself.
• Women should keep their personal information private on the internet especially on social media. Such information like mobile phone number should be kept hidden on platforms like Facebook where everyone could possibly have access to it.
• Displaying improper pictures of videos of oneself can easily attract harassers to a woman.

2. For Law Makers:
• Laws punishing online harassers should be reinforced (The 2014 Cybercrime Act is not enough).
• The acts (GBVO) should be clearly stated as unacceptable and punishable by law.
• Police can follow up the complaints made by victims through the links provided by the service providers and make a thorough investigation. Harassers should then be punished accordingly.
• Thus, police and service providers should work together in identifying and prosecuting perpetrators of online gender based violence.

3. For Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
• Service providers should allow users to submit complaints about a particular website or platforms either through a telephone hotline or an online form.
• Actions should be taken instantly on any reported online violence so as to limit online gender based violence.

4. For NGOs and CBOs
• NGOs/CBOs should engage themselves in campaigning against GBVO. They should also formulate training for women on how they could safely use the internet by educating them on online privacy and protection tools.
• Enlighten those who perpetrate GBVO or who are likely to do so on the consequence of their actions
• Remove the psychological reasons which tempt to make people harass women online by campaigning to alter attitudes in society so that the views (GBVO) are seen as unacceptable.

5. For Journalists/Media Organisations
• Awareness creation to make people understand GBVO through daily and other programmes.
• Setting an agenda for the society on GBVO until it is recognized as harmful and therefore provoke action to address it.

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Position:                      Driver

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Location:                     Abuja

Line Management: None

Overall Purpose

The successful candidate will use ActionAid Nigeria (AAN)/ Centre for Information Development and Technology (CITAD) vehicles to facilitate movement of staff, equipment and to maintain vehicles and equipment according to AAN /CITAD policies and procedure. In addition, the person will be required to give informed assessment of the vehicle whenever required.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide administrative support for CITAD Community programme

• Ensure prompt delivery of mails and other messages in CITAD Office
• Movement of Staff, Partners and visiting consultants while adhering to all road safety rules and regulations both at Local and Federal levels.
• Comply with AAN/CITAD Health and Safety regulations

• Keep vehicle clean and free of trash

• Keep CEO informed of needed equipment repairs

Maintain and update a file on the following:
1. Vehicle License
2. Vehicle registration papers
3. Daily checklist for vehicle
4. Vehicle Insurance Papers
5. Driver’s license appropriate for vehicle
6. Log book

• Be updated on the procedure for fire drills and other related emergencies

• Promptness in keeping appointments and adhering to agreed schedules.
• All other responsibilities as given by the CEO

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Bauchi – Sanah Abdullahi Muaz, a university don, has expressed concern over increase rate of violence against women online.

Muaz, a lecturer with Bayero University Kano, said addressing online violence against women requires collective efforts from individuals, corporate bodies, and governments.

Muaz made the statement on Sunday in Bauchi during a 2-day Internet Safety and Security Training of Trainers for Women organized by Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) with support from Association for Progressive Communication.

Muaz from Department of Software Engineering said that the inability of a woman to feel safe online is a great barrier to her freedom.

“Achieving online safety for women takes multiple, concerted strategies by different actors. Social media companies need to take proactive steps to ensure their space does not enable these acts”.

She charged government at all levels to include online violence against women as part of their plans to end violence against women.

“We need to see this as a larger barrier for women and girls in exercising the full range of their human rights because the use of internet and its facilities for every woman across the globe is inevitable.”

Also speaking, Yunusa Zakari Ya’u, the Executive Director of CITAD, said Internet has created a new regime of rights that citizens have to demand for.

He advised women to always be cautious and avoid sites that could be harmful to their privacy.

The participants were trained on different internet safety tools which include malware and viruses, safe browsing, basic safety tools, safe mobiles, privacy issues among others.

Bauchi – Yunusa Zakari Ya’u, the Executive Director of Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has called for the establishment of National Peace Commission to promote peace building in Nigeria.

Ya’u stated this during a one day hate speech evaluation meeting held at Command Guest House in Bauchi on Sunday.

He said “There is the need to review the national peace architecture to provide for the establishment of a national peace commission with the mandate to promote peace building, resolution conflicts and engendering a culture of community dialogue at all levels.

“In order to tackle the problem of hate speech in the society, there must be legislation to regulate preaching as well as provide clear framework for the teaching of religious studies that will be in consonant with our national aspiration for a peaceful and united country.

He thereby called on religious and community leaders to speak out against hate speech in order to condemn all those who engage in hate speech and to ensure that they do not themselves condone hate speech in their spaces.

“We call on the media to not only join the campaign against hate speech but also ensure that they do not provide space for hate speech to be carried and propagated in their spaces. We call on political parties to not only shun hate speech but also sign up to the voluntary campaign declaration on hate speech which we will launch shortly that will commit them to disqualify any politician seeking for nomination on their platforms for election for engaging in hate speech.

” We therefore call on people to not indulge in hate speech and not be provoked by it. That is the key principle for inoculating people against hate speech that ultimately is the most effective anti-dote against hate speech, he said,” he said.

Ya’u said Hate Speech project is being supported by the MacArthur Foundation with the objectives to raise public awareness on hate speech through sensitization forums to get the people to understand the danger of hate speech and how to respond to it as well as engage stakeholders to generate recommendations and strategies for strengthening the existing media regulations and standards to prevent hate speech.

Among other objectives of the project according to Ya’u are monitoring and documentation of hate speech across multiple media platforms to inform data based advocacy and policy engagement to curb hate speech and expanding the peace clubs and students for peace initiatives into a national youth for peace movement to lead advocacy and campaign to improve regulation and policy frameworks for media and journalism in the country.

By Sagiru Ado

As part of the efforts to promote good governance and citizens’ participation in governance processes, the Center for Information Technology and Development organized an Interactive Session in Gaya Local Government between the political aspirants and SCEEP communities from Wudilawa, Kademi and Gamoji wards. The interactive session was part of Department for International Development (DIFD) supported project “Strengthening Civic Engagement with the Electoral Process SCEEP through ActionAid Nigeria, CITAD implements.

Stating the objective of the program, Malam Ahmad Abdullahi Yakasai said that the event set to present the Community Development Charter (CDC) or Village Book the communities produced with help of the organization to the political aspirants. He emphasized that the Community Development Charter (CDC) is a set of principles, goals and responsibilities that outlines the way in which government aims to work with communities. He added that, normally, it sets out a cooperative approach and acknowledges the shared roles and responsibilities of both government and community thereby serving as an effective tool for citizens’ participation in governance.

When analyzing the key areas of the CDCs, Malam Idris Nuhu Congo Gaya, said that in Gaya Local Government area, there is a primary health center at Wudilawa with 6 health personnel. However, people cover a distance of 20km to Gaya hospital to access other health care services, and there is complain of insufficient female staff in the health centre. Also, Gamoji has a health facility while Kademi has a hospital and health facilities. However, people lament on insufficient medical personnel in the local government as a whole. Also, in most cases, they have to cover at least 2.5km distance before reaching the nearest health facility.

Participants at the event included aspirants for the chairmanship positions from different political parties. In their separate comments Honorable Aminu Sunusi from Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) and Honorable Mu’azu Bulya from Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) all thanked CITAD for compiling peoples need in simplified manner. Honorable Aminu assured that when elected will address the health issue especially inadequate staffing at the health centers of the local government. He then promised to provide fertilizer to the farmers at subsidized price. In his comment, Honorable   Mu’azu Bulya of APDA urged CITAD to help them advocate for local government autonomy, saying that without receiving grant direct from federal government nothing will be achieved. Citing example with issue of insufficient teachers at lower level, said that since from the administration of Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Kano State local government stopped receiving their grants directly from federal government without state government interference.

The aspirants of the councillorship positions attended the event included Hon. Shua’ibu Dan Sabo of ANRP, Kademi ward, Hon. Jamilu Isma’il of ANRP, Wudilawa ward, Hon. Shamsu Abdulkadir Adam of ANRP, Gaya North ward and Hon. Muhd Abdu of PDP, Gaya North ward. Alh. Ya’u Idris was sent to represent the aspirant of the councillorship position of PDP Wudilawa ward and Alh. Labaran Ya’u represented aspirant of councillorship position of APC, Kademi ward

Others that sent their representatives were aspirant of the councillorship position of ANRP, Gamuji ward, aspirant of the councillorship position of APC, Gamoji ward and aspirant of the councillorship position of PDP, Gamoji ward

The event also witnessed the presence of Student Union, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Community Leaders, religious Leaders, Security Agencies, Hisbah, People with Disabilities (PWDs) and Women Groups.

By Sagiru Ado

On Friday 26^th January, 2018, the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has organized an Interactive Session between SCEEP communities Kabo local government and local government election aspirants. The program was conducted at Ni’imah Guest Palace, Kano and attended by the political aspirants from different political parties, members of the SCEEP communities, Religious and Traditional Rulers, Student Unions, People With Disabilities, Women Groups, Media and Security Agencies. The interactive session was organized ahead of the 2018 local government elections in order to hold the political aspirants responsible and also present to them the Community Development Charters (CDCs) or village books produced by the SCEEP communities of Gammo, Godiya and Garo in Kabo local government.

Addressing the participants at the beginning of the Interactive Session, Malam Isyaku Garba, Program Coordinator, said that major objective of the village book is to serve as Community Development Charter for Strengthening Citizens’ Engagement in the Electoral Process (SCEEP) but specifically, the abridged CDC is to serve as a tool for community participation in governance through:

• Identifying and documenting issues affecting the Kabo local government Community, and produce a temple for the citizens’ engagement with duty bearers.
• Building the confidence of the Kabo local government citizens to make development demands from their representatives and
• Publicizing the experiences, knowledge and aspirations of the Kabo local government citizens in one document for easy scrutiny.

He added that the interactive session was part of Department for International Development (DIFD) supported project “Strengthening Civic Engagement with the Electoral Process SCEEP through ActionAid Nigeria, CITAD has been implementing since 2015.

Malam Umar Muhammad, Deputy Director Planning, Research and Statistics highlighted major issues in the books. During the highlight, the SCEEP communities involve in Kabo local government included: Gammo, Godiya, and Garo. And the status of education in these communities, as at the time this study was conducted, was harmonised as follows:

The chairmanship aspirants and councillorship aspirants at event were allowed to make comment especially on afore mentioned issues highlighted in the documents. In his comment, Hon. Nura Tsoho Gude, chairmanship aspirant of the People Democratic Party (PDP) thanked CITAD and said that almost CITAD has done more than 70% on what he is willing to do. He then assured that he will work when elected with all the stakeholders that put hands together in producing the village books.

In his part, Ho. Abdullahi Muhammad chairmanship aspirant of New Progressive Movement (NPM) raised concern on the health, education portable water and drug abuse problems. He promised to do all what he could to address the problems. Hon. Jibrin Saleh chairmanship aspirant of Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) talked about People Living with Abilities and Women considering the challenges they face in all endeavors.

The event also witnessed the presence of the following councillorship aspirants: Hon. Ismail Usaini of PDP, Godiya ward, Hon. Usman Tijjani Shehu of NPM, Gammo ward, Hon Mustapha Isyaku Kanye of ANRP, Kanye ward, Hon. Isyaku Abubakar Balan, of NPM, Balan ward, Hon Usman Garba Garo of NPM, Garo ward and Hon. Sani Garo of PDP, Garo ward,

By Sagiru Ado Abubakar

Ahead of Kano State Local Governments Election, the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has been organizing interactive sessions between SCEEP Communities in the six local governments of Kano State and the Political Aspirants. The interactive session aimed to present the copies Community Development Charter (CDC) produced by the members of 18 SCEEP Communities in the state to the political Aspirants. Community Development Charters or Village Books are documents that supported the communities to identify their issues, map their communities and draw up development needs and
plans for the communities for the purpose of engaging government to deliver on their duties to citizens.
On Thursday, January 25, 2018 about 70 participants from Dan Agundi, Yakasai and Zaitawa wards of Kano Municipal Local Government converged at Ni’imah Guest Palace, Kano with the political aspirants from different parties in the local government with view to interact with each other and present the community charters of Dan Agundi, Zaitawa and Yakasai wards to the political aspirants. In his opening remark, Malam Ahmad Abdullahi Yakasai, CITAD Training Coordinator, said that often promises made by politicians are almost forgotten as soon as they are elected, the documents will help and remind the policy makers basic needs of the people and key them into their plans and actually use the document as a community development blue print in their locations. He then told that we are not here to abuse anybody or pass tract the activities of any political party.
Malam Umar Muhammad, Deputy Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Kano State Senior Secondary School Management Board reviewed the village books of the three SCEEP communities in the local government. He explained that the books talked about the history, social condition and assets of the communities. He then outlined major problems listed in each book for each community.
The political aspirants were giving a chance to talk on the strategies taken to address problems and challenges mentioned in the village books. In their separate comments, they explained as follows:
• Hon. Bashir Muhammad Abdullahi, Chairmanship aspirant of Freedom and
Justice Party (FJP) said that if elected will be sitting with the community leaders time to time in order to strategize ways for solving the problems of the people.
• Hon. Aliyu Muhammad of the National Democratic Liberty Party (NDLP) promised to focus attention on basic education, job opportunities for the youths and provision of the social amenities.
• Hon. Rabiu Sarki of African People’s Alliance (APA) said that he will cooperate with vigilant groups to tackle the problems of drug abuse, adding that the problems of drug abuse is the basis of all societal problems.
• Hon. Yakubu Yahya Sani of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) promised to liaise with parents in order to tackle the problem of school dropout and absenteeism in public schools.
• Hon Aminu sani Bakosa of the People Democratic Party (PDP) said that he will join hands with relevant stakeholders in the education sector to revive basic education at the public schools.
• Hon. Aliyu Jibrin Muhd of Mega Progressive Peoples Party (MPPP) assured when elected to use the books given hence they contained the major challenges in the simply manner.
• Hon. Hamisu Liman of Legacy Party of Nigeria (LPN) said when given the chance will work closely with relevant community based organizations in his administration.
• Hon Gazzali Datti Ahmad of National Conscience Party (NCP) promised to prioritize the problems and start with most important.
The councillorship aspirants present at interactive session were Hon. Babangida Shuaibu Dan Agundi of NDLP, Hon Jamilu Bala Dan Agundi of FJP, Hon. Muddassir Yusuf Yakasai of PDP, Hon Abubakar Ibrahim Yakasai of APA, Hon. Nura Yusuf Bayero Dan Agundi of PDP and Hon. Auwalu Ishaq Yakasai of ADP.
Others included Hon. Abba Mustapha Yakasai of YPP, Hon Tasi’u Auwalu Yakasai of NCP, Hon Jamilu Hamisu Adamu Yakasai of SDP, Hon. Ali Yusuf Baba Dan Agundi of APC, Hon Suleiman H. Suleiman Dan Agundi of GPN and Hon. Ibrahim S. Zaitawa of APC.

By MOHAMMED KAWU, Bauchi.

Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has cautioned government and those holding public offices against politics play in handling issues related to hatred and hate speech among citizens.

The Centre said that public officers, constituted authorities and entire citizens should be more cosmopolitan and avoid politics of exclusion in handling the affairs of the country.

These, CITAD said, is to avoid falling into the trap that Bahrainis found themselves, cited as a major example of sectarian hate speech which resulted to civil war happening in that country today.

CITAD, in a statement signed by its Program Officer, Isa Garba and made available to newsmen in Bauchi Friday, said government at all levels should understand that hate speech either online or offline is not a toy to be played with.

“Scholars should provide effective religious leadership that has been bestowed on them by the Almighty to refrain from anything that will either provoke or instigate their followers against others, and also condemn any hate speech or statement made by any person”, Garba said.

He said public should note that neither the actors of hate speech nor the victims have the guarantee of safety in the event of conflict resulted by hate speech; hence the need to shun hate speech and refuse to be provoke by its action.

Malam Isa Garba explained that CITAD had the beliefs that public engagement through awareness creation and sensitization that is critical in any campaign, as it campaigns against dangers inherent in hate and dangerous speech.

He revealed that CITAD conducted public sensitization in three out of the six geo-political zones of the country, namely Damaturu in Yobe, Jos in Plateau, and Enugu in Enugu states with participants engaged in the programme cut across students, youth, traditional/religious leaders, women groups, media, and civil society organizations.

According to him, participants of the sensitization programme reached consensus that dangerous speech pose danger to our peaceful coexistence , and the longer it is allowed to continue, the greater the danger to the existence of the country.

He observed that the campaign against hate speech should not remain a single organization’s job, but rather an all-out affair, as participants also suggested the need for house to house campaigns, and in schools and all public places, while religious and traditional leaders should make it a cornerstone of heredity homilies.

Garba disclosed that the hate speech CITAD recorded last month across categories such as resource control, ethnicity, religion, Biafra, dangerous recruitment, politics and herdsmen/farmers conflict with ethnicity and religion taking the lion share of the hate speech recorded.

He cited example with intra religious or sectarian hate speech which recently resulted in loss of lives and property in Katsina, Kaduna and Kano states as a result of attacks on Shiites during and after the Ashura processing conducted by the sect on the 10th of Muharram.

CITAD said that it last month (October) reported a total number of hate speech as 1,111 out of which religion and ethnicity took 750, religion taking 330 and ethnicity 420.

Y.Z Ya’u Executive Director, CITAD.

The campaign against hate speech in Nigeria has gathered momentum, says Y.Z Ya’u,  the Executive Director Of Centre For Information Technology And Development (CITAD).

He made this assertion in Bauchi at a press conference at the end of a one-day hate speech project evaluation meeting  Friday Ya’u said “We are happy that the campaign against hate speech has gathered momentum as it has moved from our lone voice to a multiplicity of voices, including government agencies such as the National Orientation Agency (NOA) which has since last year commenced a nationwide sensitization programme on hate. We also note with satisfaction that some of the media regulatory agencies, especially the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission, have begun the process of reviewing their laws to take on board the need to deal with hate speech in the media.

“In our last meeting with the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence, they also resolved to introduce a hate speech bill to the National Assembly using the draft that was produced by the Interfaith Centre, Kaduna. We note also the statement by government to monitor hate speech online(although we would like to see a more detailed strategy on how that will be done, otherwise we enter our reservation). Our monthly social media campaign against hate speech competition has been producing encouraging peace messages from young people who are on the social media that are serving not only to counter hate speech but also to sensitize communities that peace building is a collective responsibility. We are equally happy with the state ministries of education, a number of which are present at this evaluation meeting, who have signed a memorandum of understanding with us to operate peace clubs in their secondary schools so that their students can be socialized into the imperative of peace building. We have produced a number of policy briefs that we think would help policy makers to take policy initiatives and processes that would address the incidence of hate speech in our country.

He however warned that, “In spite of these successes we observe that in recent times, there is a resurgence of hate speech across the country. This hate speech, as our monitoring has shown,centered around our religious and ethnic diversities. More than before, the country is becoming more and more divided. Unless all stakeholders work against this trend, it will continue to expand as we move towards 2019 general elections.  Such expansion if not checked would make the elections to become violent. This would compound the situation that is already seeing many communal clashes in the country in addition to the continuing mayhem by the Boko Haram insurgents in the north east. This is why we would like to offer our suggestions on how to respond to of the some of the challenges that hate speech presents to the country.

Read the text of the briefing below:

TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY Y. Z. YA’U, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CENTRE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT (CITAD) AT THE END OF A ONE-DAY HATE SPEECH PROJECT EVALUATION MEETING HELD AT COMMAND GUEST HOUSE, BAUCHI ON FRIDAY 26, 2018

On behalf of CITAD and our partners, including Ministries of Education from Kano, Yobe, Bauchi, Taraba, Gombe and Jigawa States as well as members of the Students for Peace from various tertiary institutions and Peace Ambassadors/Peace Club Advisers from different states of the federation, welcome you to this press conference which marks the end of our Annual Evaluation Meeting of the Hate Speech Project. The Hate Speech, being supported by the MacArthurFoundation, has the objectives:

Raise public awareness on hate speech through sensitization forums to get the people to understand the danger of hate speech and how to respond to it.

Engage Stakeholders to generate recommendations and strategies for strengthening the existing media regulations and standards to prevent hate speech;

Monitoring and documentation of hate speech across multiple media platforms to inform data based advocacy and policy engagement to curb hate speech

On the basis of the monitoring, deploy a robust countering of dangerous speech using a variety of methods.

Expanding the peace clubs and students for peace initiatives into a national youth for peace movement to lead advocacy and campaign to improve regulation and policy frameworks for media and journalism in the country.

The aim of the evaluation meeting was to enable us assess the implementation of the project, identify its successes and challenges, gains and success stories and propose new directions to ensure that we consolidate on the progress being made. Among the key activities of the project are the monitoring of hate speech daily on social and print media, countering of hate speech, advocacy to enlist the voices of influential people to join the campaign against hate speech, public sensitization and media engagement to enlighten people againstindulging in hate speech and being provoked it; and orientating students in both tertiaryand secondary schools to engage in the campaign against hate speech.

We are happy that the campaign against hate speech has gathered momentum as it has moved from our lone voice to a multiplicity of voices, including government agencies such as the National Orientation Agency (NOA) which has since last year commenced a nationwide sensitization programme on hate. We also note with satisfaction that some of the media regulatory agencies, especially the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission, have begun the process of reviewing their laws to takeon board the need to deal with hate speech in the media. In our last meeting with the House Committee on NationalSecurity and Intelligence, they also resolved to introduce a hate speech bill to the National Assembly using the draft that was produced by the Interfaith Centre, Kaduna. We note also the statement by government to monitor hate speech online(although we would like to see a more detailed strategy on how that will be done, otherwise we enter our reservation). Our monthly social media campaign against hate speechcompetition has been producing encouraging peace messages from young people who are on the socialmedia that areservingnotonly to counter hate speech but also to sensitize communities that peace building is a collectiveresponsibility. We are equally happy with the state ministries of education, a number of which are present at this evaluation meeting, who have signed a memorandum of understanding with us to operate peace clubsin their secondary schools so that their students can be socializedinto the imperative of peace building. We have produced a number ofpolicybriefs that we think would helppolicymakers to take policyinitiatives and processes that would address the incidence of hate speech in our country.

In spite of thesesuccesses we observe that in recent times, there is a resurgence of hate speech across the country. This hate speech, as our monitoring has shown,centered around our religious and ethnic diversities. More than before, the country is becoming more and more divided. Unless all stakeholders work against this trend, it will continue to expand as we move towards 2019 general elections.  Such expansion if not checked would make the elections to become violent. This would compound the situation that is already seeing many communal clashes in the country in addition to the continuing mayhem by the Boko Haram insurgents in the north east. This is why we would like to offer our suggestions on how to respond to of the some of the challenges that hate speech presents to the country.

In order to effectively address the prevalence of hate speech in the country, we must understand the dynamics of hate speech generation and spread. This requires identification of the key drivers of hate speech, the channels through which hate speech propagates and response or lack of it by relevant agencies that have responsibilities to stop hate speech from spreadingin the country.

From our analysis, the majordrivers of hate speech in the country include:

Perceived marginalization by differentgroups of people and communities across the country

The failure of government to carry on with its anti-corruption agenda in a transparentand impartial manner

The opacity in government in spite of the Freedom of Information Act which makes people to consume rumours as they seek to make sense of government actions

The risinglevel of povertyin the country that is pushing many people to the marginal spaces of hopelessness and criminality

The inability of government to help communities to resolve communal conflicts such as the farmer-herdsmen conflict,

The deliberate capitalization by some of politicians to profit from the current difficulties in the country by encouraging hate speech

These drivers of hate speechprovide the context and even the substance for the generation and spread of hate speech in the country. This hate speech finds outlet in the social media, the print,broadcast and increasingly in religious spaces (such as mosques, churches and shrines) as well as in secular spaces such markets, schools, community halls, etc.

The ease with which hate speech finds space to propagate in these channels is due to these key factors:

The weak regulatory frameworks which do not take into account the problem of hate speech

The lack of politicalwill, and in many occasions, the partiality of both regulatory agencies and media gatekeepers

The lack of accountability in all its ramifications from government at all levels

The low appreciation and understanding of the dangers of hate speech among the public and the fact that increasing rise of the culture of intolerance of legitimate criticism

The deployment of hatespeech as a gratuitous campaign tool by politicians who rather than be punished for using hate speech end up profiting from it

The hesitant, if not mute voice of traditional, religious and other community leaders to speak loudly against hate speech.

Against these, we recommend as follows:

Governmentmust be consistent, impartial, transparent and consultative in the way in which it is prosecuting its programmes, including the anti-corruption agenda

That all media regulatory agencies mustwake up to their responsibilities of ensuringeffective and full implementationof all the laws and regulations governing the media space so that media organizations, individuals and advertisers who deploy hate speechare promptly sanctioned

That the review of mediaregulatory frameworks that has commencement with the revision of the National Broadcasting Code should be done across all instruments and by all the agencies to ensure that they have mainstreamedstrategies and mechanisms to effectively deal with hate speech in these regulatory frameworks

That there is the need to review the national peace architecture to provide for the establishment of a national peace commission with the mandate to promote peace building, resolution conflicts and engenderinga culture of communitydialogue at all levels

The legislation to regulate preaching as well as provide clear framework for the teachingof religious studies that will be in consonant with our national aspiration for a peaceful and united country be enacted

The need to support communities to engage in dialogue with a view to resolving theirconflicts than leaving them to spiral into violentconfrontations and bloodshed

There is need to mainstream peace education in the civic education component of the secondary school education curriculum in the country

We would like to conclude by calling on religious and community leaders to speak out against hate speech, to condemn all those who engage in hate speech and to ensure that they do not themselves condone hate speech in their spaces. We call on the media to not only join the campaign against hate speech but also ensure that they do not provide space for hate speech to be carried and propagated in their spaces. We call on political parties to not only shun hate speech but also sign up to the voluntary campaign declaration on hate speech which we will launch shortly that will commit them to disqualify any politician seeking for nomination on their platforms for election for engaging in hate speech. We urge the National Human Rights Commission to continue with hearing and documentation of cases filed against some politicians who deployed hate speech in the 2015 general elections with a view to not only prosecuting them but also enrolling them to a hall of shame that will serveas disincentive for hate speech by politicians. We call on civil society organizations to continue to promote and support inter-faith and inter-ethnic dialogues aimed at promoting national understanding, inter-faith solidarity and national cohesion as well as keep monitoring media regulatory agencies to ensure that they discharge their mandates impartially, effectively and promptly. Finally we note that hate speech catalyze violence only if citizens indulge it or are provoked by it. We therefore call on people to not indulge in hate speech and not be provoked by it. That is the key principle for inoculating people against hate speech that ultimately is the most effective anti-dote against hate speech…

Isah Garba
Babban Jami’in Shirye Shirye na Cibiyar Fasahar Sadarwa da cigaban Al’umma.

Kamar yadda muka yi bayani akan abubuwan da ke sanya mutane suyi kalaman batanci a makon da ya gabata, ya kamata wannan makon mu duba yadda akalar kalanman batancin dake ruruwa a Nijeriya, ta karkata don sake gane abubuwan da masu kalaman batancin kan fake dasu wajen yada kalanman, da kuma samun damar kama zukatan mutane ta hanyar su.

Kamar yadda muka yi bayani a baya a kwai alkaluman kalanman batanci a Nijeriya wacce cibiyar CITAD  ke bibiya a shafukan sada zumunta na yanar gizo da taimakon cibiyar MacAurthur Foundation. Wadannan alkaluma sukan nuna mutanen da ke yin kalaman batancin, a shafukan da suke amfani dasu wajen yada kalaman nasu, bangaren da suke kalaman akai, misali, siyasa da addini da fadan makiyaya da manoma da rigimar yan aware na Biyafara da kabilanci da kokarin jan wasu su shiga kungiyoyin ta’adanci da sauransu. A irin wadannan bangarori tun bayan zaben gamagari na shekarar 2015 lokacin da kalaman batancin lokacin da kalaman ba zabe batancin suka yi ta hauhawa a kan al’amuran da suka shafi siyasa da yakin neman zabe. Bayan zaben kanda sai suka lafa amma,  an a gama wannan sai kalaman suka chanja yanayi da akala ta yadda suka koma hauhawa cikin gaggawa kuma a kan abubuwan da suka fi komai tasiri a rayuwar da Nijeriya, wato bangaren kabilanci da addini. Juyawar kalaman batanci ga wadannan bangarori guda biyu masu mahimmanci a rayuwar yan kasar nan babbar barazana ce ga zaman lafiya da ci gaban wannan kasa da al’ummarta, kuma matukar ba an samar da hanyoyin datsewa da magance wadannan matsaloli ba Nijeriaya na fuskantar mummunar barazana da ka iya jefa kasar cikin mummunan yanayi. A cikin wadancan alkaluman, sun nuna cewa a cikin shekara biyun da suka gabata 2015 da 2016 an samu sun nuna cewa mafiya yawan kalaman batancin sama da kashi tamanin bisa dari sun karkata ne zuwa ga wadancan bagarori. Haka kuma idan ka duba misali a cikin kalaman batancin da a kan yi a kan addini sukan faru tsakanin addinai mabambamta da kuma tsakanin addinai daya amma da bambamcin akida.

A kan samu irin waddancan kalamai tsakanin akidu mabambamta. A cikin addinin kirista kamar yadda a ke samu tsakankin Dariku da Izala ko Salafiyya ko  kuma a tsakanin Salafiyya da Izala a gefi guda da Shia a daya bangaren. Daga cikin abubuwan da shi wancan nazari da bincike na CITAD ya gano sun hada da yadda bangarori kan aibanta ko su ci zarafin  mutuncin Malamai da sauran ababen girmamawar wani bangare da suka saba dashi. A akida ko addini. Lalacewa da barnar dake cikin irin wadannan kalaman batanci a wadannan bangarori ya kai ga yadda za ka ga Kirista yana kalaman batanci a kan Musulmi amma sai kaga yana taba Allah da kansa ko kuma ka ga Musulmi yana son kalaman batancin a kan Kirista sai ya zarce yana taba Yesu (Jesus Christ) Annabi Isah. Haka kuma abin yake a abin da ya shafi kabilu yadda zaka ga cewa ‘yan wata kabila suna kalaman batanci a kan wata kabila ba kawai ta muggan kalamai a kan ‘yan kabilar kawai ba, amma a mafiya yawan lokuta ta hanyar wulakanta ababen girmamawar wannan kabila ko siffata su da munanan siffofi. Haka kuma irin wadannan halaye kai kace ma kara hauhawa suke  a cikin al’umma musamman a shafukan sada zumunta na yanar gizo. Kuma matukar muka barshi ya ci gaba ranar da daya bisa goma na irin wadannan kalamai ya fara yawo a cikin mu’amalarmu ta zahiri tashin hakali da hatsaniyar da zata faru sai dai Allah Ya kiyaye.

Maye yake kawo irin wadannan kalaman? Duk mai biyiyar irin wadannan kalamai zai shiga damuwa kwarai da gaske  da kuma tunanin me yasa mutane ke irin wadannan kalamai? Bincike ya nuna cewar a kwai wasu abubuwa da suke kawo irin wadannan kalamai, kuma ba za’a taba magance kalaman ba face an magance abubuwan da ke kawo su. Wadannan abubuwa sun hada da: Rashin cikakkiyar fahimtar bambamce-bambancen da ke tsakanin mu ko dai ta bangaren addini ko kabila. Munanan karantarwar addini da yake cusawa mabiya gaba da rashin girmama fahimta da addinan wadansu mutane.

Mummunar siyasar kabilancin da aka jefa a tsakanin ‘yan Nijeriya da yadda ya zama an an raba yaga su tsaninsu ta hanyar kabilanci da bambamcin addini. Karancin sanin tasiri, da yalwar da shafukan sada zumunta na yana gizo suke dashi ta yadda mafiya yawa da cikin masu amfanin da wadannan shafukan sukan ji kamar cewa suna magana kawai da abokan huldar su a kan shafukan ba tare da sanin cewa duk lokacin da wani yayi wani rubutu a yanar gizo ya tura wannan rubutun, to rubutun ya zama ba nasaba, ya zama na dukkan ma’abota amfani da shafunkan, a wanna ni lokaci ma har da masu zuwa daga baya. Wannan rashin sanin shi yasa zaka ga mutum ya na rubuta wani abu a kan wasu al’umma mutane da kabila ko addini wanda idan da sun san cewa wadannan mutanen zasu iya sanin abinda suka rubuta da zasu ji kunya, amma wannan rashin sanin sai yarda su iya rubuta abubuwan da suke rubutawa.

TA YAYA KUMA WAYE ZAI MAGANCE WADANNAN NNAN MATSALOLIN?

Idan ana son a magance wandanan  matsaloli  dole ne duk wani  mai ruwa da tsaki su ya bada gudunmawarsu  wajen yin haka. Saboda haka:

1.   Dole ne malaman addini su kiyaye irin furucin su wajen wa’azi da sauran fadakarwar addini, su kiyaye ingiza mabiya wajen kyamar mutanen al’ummar  da suka saba dasu a fahimta ko addini ko kabila.
2. Haka kuma duk wani wanda ke mu’amala da yanar gizo, musamman shafukan sada zumunta ya gane cewa dukkan abun da yasan idan ya fade shi a gaban wasu mutane zai ji kunya, ko zai bata musu rai, ko zai tunzura su, ko zai bata dangantar da ke tsaninsa da su, ko da kabilar sa to ka da ya rubuta shi a shafukan sada zumunta, domin kuwa da zarar ya rubuta to ya sani mutanen da baya son su gani zasu iya gani kuma idan yana jin cewa yana da abokan hulda dubu biyar ne, idan ya rubuta abu akan samu mutum dubu daya daga cikin su su kai abin da ake ce masa ‘sharing’ kuma kowanne daga cikin su yana da abokan hulda dubu biyar ka ga ka rubuta abu don mutane dubu biyar amma yanzu mutane dubu biyar sau dubu dari biyar ne zasu karanta.
3. Haka kuma dole mu gane cewa dukkan abun da bama son wani ya fada a kan mu dole muma mu kiyaye fada wa wasu irin sa kuma matukar muna da wadanda muke girmama wa ko addinin da muke bi to mu kiyaye wulakanta addinin wadansu idan bama son a wulakanta wadanda muke girmama wa to mu kiyaye wulakanta na wasu.

   Idan muka bi irin wadannan hanyoyi  muka kuma kiyaye abubuwan da muke rubutawa tare da daukan matakan wayar da kan al’umma a kan hatsarin kalaman batanci da kuma hatsarin rubuta dukkan abun da muka ga dama a shafukan sada zumunta na yanar gizo, zai rage yawan kalaman batancin dake hauhawa a shafukan yanar gizo a lokaci guda kuma ya rage hatsarin da ke fuskantar wannan kasa na fadawa cikin rigingimu sakamakon  yawan wadannan kalamai da suke neman lalata mana zamantakewa da kuma bata watsa mana tattalin arzikin kasa  sakamkon rashi zaman lafiya.