Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has faulted reports tagging Nigeria a genocide destination as a deliberate and malicious ploy orchestrated to incite panic, fracture national unity, damage international standing, and scare away the foreign investment urgently needed by the country. Idris said this yesterday in Maiduguri at the Progressive Governors’ Summit for APC States’ Commissioners for Information.
He reiterated that at a meeting when he received a delegation from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), led by its Vice Chancellor, Professor Olufemi Peters.
Idris called on Nigerians to unite against efforts by foreign interests to undermine the country’s unity, saying a united front is required to protect the country’s image against false narratives and contrived misinformation.