SEREMBAN, July 6 — The Madani community needs to play an active role in helping to channel verified and accurate information in addition to continuously promoting government initiatives at the grassroots level, Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said.
He said the community must also help the government explain and deal with issues, slander and fake news that come in various forms, especially in the run-up to the upcoming state elections.
“For instance, today Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) announced that it was maintaining the OPR (Overnight Policy Rate) at three per cent, so I am urging the Madani community who are on social media, including Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and the latest, Threads to disseminate this information to the grassroots.
“Don’t let people believe talk that the OPR rate had gone up and so on. And so, the Madani community, when there are announcements and good news from the government, make sure they reach the people,” he said when officiating the state-level “Kita Madani” programme here today.
The Madani Community is a multiracial volunteer body managed by the Information Department with 1,878 units established across the country, 108 of which are in Negeri Sembilan involving 36 state constituencies. — Bernama
