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PLAGARISM, BLOGGER UNION GIVES 1ST SEPTEMBER DEADLINE FOR FULL COMPLIANCE .

The Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria has given September 1st 2016 as deadline for all bloggers in Nigeria to stop the practice of plagiarism. This is contained in a statement pushed out by the union after its general meeting held in Lagos. The meeting which was presided by its Acting National President, Mr Chris Kehinde Nwandu advocates that bloggers should be seen to live above board in their practices. To ensure full compliance with this directive, the union raised an 8 man ethics committee to among other things, monitor the ethical behavior among its members and to recommend adequate sanctions where necessary. All members are expected by this directive,to adhere to the conventional practice of acknowledging and crediting sources of their materials. The union also enjoined other mass medium across the globe to adequately credit all sources of news material lifted from pages of its members as well. According to it, the association is now out to bring some level of credibi