No be small matter, my people! Di Federal Government don gather Information Officers wey dem dey call RIOs for Abuja to talk wetin fit help dem do dem work well. Di Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, don throw ways for dem to sabi how to carry di Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu go front.
For di stakeholder meeting wey happen on Thursday, Di minister yarn say make dem sabi network, get better relationship, and communicate clear. Na wetin go make dem role as government mouthpiece work well, e talk.
Idris talk about di time wey di U.S. bomb di terrorist hideout for Sokoto last year. He say ‘No rush to drop information; e go beta make you do am well and get accurate gist.’ He show dem how he run things professional to get di right info before e share am.
Former commissioner for information from Adamawa, Ahmed Sajoh, join for di talk say dem need constant training to fit work better as bridge between di people and di government. He implore dem to dey maintain good relationship with their bosses so dem fit achieve their goals.
Di Executive Director of Development SPECS Academy, Okey Okechukwu, also dey sidelines. He suggest say make dem dey share experience and help their bosses publish dem reports well. Okechukwu talk say at least, dem go publish one report for di dailies every month. Na correct way to dey on top di mata.
On top di matter, Tunde Rahman, di Special Senior Assistant to di President on Media, also carry him mouth come. E make am clear say if dem no sabi wetin di organization dey do, e go hard to communicate effectively. He say dem suppose know di Renewed Hope Agenda well so dem fit do their job as dem suppose.
Dis gathering no be joke; plenty people dey wey dey important for di media and information sector. Di Permanent Secretary for Information Ministry, Ogbodo Nnam, dey wit dem, as well as di MD of di News Agency of Nigeria and many others wey dey run di show.
So my people, as dem dey prepare to deliver beta information for di citizens, make we dey hope say dem go use dem heads well. Na good governance we all dey crase for, and information na di key!
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