Imo state Commissioner for Information, Public Orientation and Strategy, Hon. Declan Emelumba has charged Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Information Officers in the Ministry to work hand in glove to ensure that government activities in various MDAs are effectively reported.
Emelumba gave the charge when the new Executives of Nigerian Union of Journalists , Information chapel paid him a courtesy visit in his office.
Emelumba congratulated them on their election and emphasized the need for collaboration with information officers to enable government achieve its goals.
On the requests by the NUJ executive , the Commissioner welcomed the idea of creating a website for the purpose of news reports, and promised to help in it actualization.
On the proposal for training and seminars for all the Information Officers, the Commissioner promised to make it a reality while challenging Information Officers to be alive to their responsibilities.
He also promised to lias with the management of ORIENT FM&TV, on the need to design a programme where reports from the various MDAs would be aired
He also promised to lias with the management of ORIENT FM&TV on the need to design a program where reports from the various MDAs are aired on radio and television.
Earlier in his address, the Chairman of the Chapel, Mr. Stanley Nnaji said they came to officially familiarize themselves with the Hon. Commissioner as the new EXCO of the Information Chapel. He expressed gratitude to God for his reappointment as the Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Information and thanked His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodimma for finding him worthy again to pilot the affairs of the Ministry.
Mr. Nnaji, while expressing his happiness, requested for training and retraining of Information Officers, creating Blog, where Information officers could channel their Press Releases, among others.
In her vote of thanks, the Secretary of NUJ, Information Chapel, Mrs. Okere Bibian thanked the Hon. Commissioner for the warm reception, and for giving listening ears to their demands. She the new executives would work hard to ensure that the “Information Chapel comes alive again.”
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