My people, gather here make I yarn you wetin dey happen for Abuja. The House of Representatives Press Corps don hold one serious retreat wey dey focus on digital governance and how e dey affect our legislative reporting.
Na Paradigm Initiative organize this retreat for the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs. They want make journalists sabi better way to report wetin dey happen for the House, especially as digital governance dey carry matter go another level.
As dem start the retreat, the chairman, Rep. Akintunde Rotimi Jr., come talk say, ‘Digital issues dey everywhere for governance now, and e dey important make we understand how we go report am well.’ No be wah! E no talk am small, my people. Na so modern governance dey waka, full of data protection, cybersecurity, and all those fine fine technical issues wey fit confuse person if dem no sabi how e dey work.
Rep. Rotimi talk say dem wan make sure say journalists dem dey carry correct information go the public. E dey important make people sabi wetin their government dey do, and how e fit affect dem for everyday life.
On top this matter, the chairman of the Press Corps, Gboyega Onadiran, come yan say dis retreat na correct time for dem because information dey run faster than legislation these days. E no go sweet make citizen dey hear news wey no correct. Dem dey talk ‘news’ but wetin dem hear fit pass the original gist wey we suppose sabi.
Onadiran add say dem no go just dey report whatin happen for the House, but dem go also make am clear and understandable for the common man on the street. Na wetin dem call journalism, my people!
Dem dey plan serious sessions wey go touch digital rights and the state of freedoms wey dey Nigeria. Na no be pressing matter be that? The know-how wey dem go get for the retreat fit stop many confusion wey dey happen for legislative reporting.
No forget say the retreat dey also help journalists and media aides for House connect and collaborate better. We no wan journalists dey do their own, and media aides dey do their own, make dem no fit join head. E no go work like that o!
As things dey move, if dem sabi how to handle digital governance matters, e go better for everybody. Na so the democracy go strong and citizens go fit trust wetin dem dey hear.
Make we dey hope say this retreat no go end for here; dem go carry all dis knowledge go help improve the quality of wetin we dey hear for our news back and forth.
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