Nigeria, March 23 -- A group- Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) on Friday held a training for Nigerian journalists on the controversies surrounding the 'gene drives' research organisations that allegedly target Africans as "guinea pigs."

The training, the organisers said, was aimed at equipping journalists to understand the issues and be able to report the controversies robustly.

The Executive Director of RDI, Philip Jakpor, in his opening remarks, said in conceiving the training, the organisation realised that the media is key not only in keeping the public informed but also in "exposing and interrogating initiatives and innovations that are extraneous to Africans and African culture as part of its watchdog role".

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