Int’l Day Of Families: Journalists For Christ Urges Nigerians To Deploy Technology For Family Protection

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As the world celebrates International Day of Families, Journalists for Christ (JFC) International Outreach, the Association of Christian Journalists in Nigeria has urged Nigerians to embrace the use of technological solutions in protecting family members, calling on families to create enough bonding time amid the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic.

In line with this year’s theme: Families and New Technologies, JFC also charged the media to deploy the use of technology in their reportage to ensure social development and wellbeing of all.

In a statement signed by the JFC President, Mr Lekan Otufodunrin, the association said this year’s theme is a clarion call for parents to pay more attention to training and nurturing their children as stated in Proverb 22:6.

“No doubt the COVID-19 pandemic has reiterated how technology can shape the world positively and journalists can leverage on this to provide adequate coverage to issues bedevilling Families across Nigeria and the world at large.

“We believe that this year’s theme is a reminder for parents to deploy the use of technology in every way possible to monitor and protect their families in the face of kidnap, rape, robbery, abuse, and other vices that are increasing by the day.

“Most importantly, this is the time to remind professionals to put the spotlight on issues affecting families, with the aim of driving social change and development.

“Our publication titled – ‘Muffled Voices’ highlighted some of the challenges that people in Internally Displaced Camps encounter and the low reportage of these issues by the media,” he said.

JFC noted that those in IDPs also belong to specific families and the media should not neglect them in their reportage.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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