Affirmation disorder has become my threat to NIDRA's electoral system and to help contain these menace. The Centre for Democracy and Governance today will support, with supporter from the NIDRA Democratic Institutes and the I, Organiser Tray Day Training for Journalists, CSOs and other stakeholders in Yanagua. A training was aimed at equipping the trainees on the use of or using of the rights to use to counter this information during the November 11-22 entry of Circuit Governorship election in the States. The programme also took place in Kogi and in the States, simultaneously. We are trying to give the public and also key stakeholders in electioneering the tools and also the abilities to fact-check and to counter this information. We've seen how useful bad actors have used information this order to get into the place of power and we don't want that to be so. We want elections to be free and fair. I want a good democracy for Nigeria. We also had guests from other key stakeholders like AINEC as well present here to also witness this. There were CSOs as well as journalists and as well as some stakeholders we have been training to be word of mouth, to be people who are going to have the information in the grassroots level. It has become an emerging challenge and it is a serious threat to democracy. Democracy is built on the principle that individuals are knowledgeable. They can select people based on knowledge, select knowledgeable leaders. But when they select people based on issues and information that are not true or false, of course they are with the select, probably select the wrong leaders. The training program was indeed very elaborate, very very educative. It has expanded my knowledge on how to fast-check fake news. I really want to commend the organizers of this program as a CDD and I want to say that they should not just stop adjusting this program alone. CDD's program should not just be only for political programs alone or in times of election. I believe there are other societal issues that we are facing today. Which CDD would also?


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At Ellis Brigham we take product testing really seriously. It forms a crucial part of our range selection and today we're out here at the ski industries of Great Britain Ski Test in Kutai, Austria. This is the last part of our range selecting, it's where we're going to decide exactly what skis and boots we stock in store. What I want to do now is pass you over to the brands so they can tell you about the key features of this ski, who it's designed for and what it's going to do. So this is the Declivity 92 Ti from Armada. The Declivity 92 is a perfect ski for an all-mountain skier who wants something that can take them off-piste as well as really perform on-piste. So the ski is designed for intermediate all the way through to advanced skiers. It's something that is really going to allow an intermediate skier to progress into an advanced and even an expert skier but it's not something that they're going to grow out of. So the ski has a full Karuba core with a sheet of metal in there and so the Karuba core brings a really lightweight construction much lighter than a traditional mountain ski and the metal in there really gives good high performance. The ski itself also has some technology called ATB which is Articulated Tissue Banding and basically what that does is it makes a ski really easy to engage but at top speed it makes it really really smooth and really damp. So you've got a rubber elastomer in there that basically makes it nice and soft in the tip but really damp at high speeds. So it's a really high performance but nurturing ski. So this is the Armada Declivity 92 Ti. So we're out in Tien in France. This is the Ellisbrigham ski test and this is the final part of our testing program. This is when we invite colleagues from all the shops to come out and join us. Try the skis that we've arranged for next year validating our choices but also make sure that they've skied them they know exactly what those skis do and they can give you the right information when you come into the store. So here's what it's all about. I've just come back from skiing the Armada Declivity 92 Ti. Really nice really positive ski to ride. Feels really good on these conditions. The conditions today are less than ideal. A lot slush a lot of crud. It doesn't allow you to necessarily put down the line you exactly want but these were allowing me to dampen everything I was hitting. So for the most part you're able to take a fairly aggressive fairly nice line. Held you in the turn the whole way. Felt really positive. Yeah not necessarily the kind of ski I'm used to skiing personally but definitely felt at home on these conditions. Felt at home in this terrain and yeah certainly take them out for another lap.