As the National Council on Information gets underway in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, state governments have been urged to adopt new media in the dissemination of information and public enlightenment with emphasis on the youths.
Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday at the Women and Children Development Initiative Foundation (WOCDIF) Centre, venue of the 44th National Council on Information, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, who made the appeal, explained that the world is changing, hence the need to embrace new ways of reaching out to citizens especially the younger generation.
"We want to make sure that information is disseminated on time and with ease, that is why at the Federal Ministry of Information we are using the Social Media. We are here to project how important Social Media is in engaging the people", she stated.
Also speaking ahead of the event, the Osun State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Sunday Akere expressed appreciation to the Federal Government for granting the State the hosting rights for this year's Council meeting having missed that of last year.
Akere assured that the State Government has put all modalities in place to make the event a memorable one for the visiting delegates.
The NCI which will be chaired by the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, is an annual gathering of information managers which is also attended by State Commissioners for Information and other stakeholders in information management.
Source: 44th NCI: Information Perm-Sec, Yemi-Esan urges states to embrace new media (http://fmi.gov.ng/latest/30409/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=44th-nci-information-perm-sec-yemi-esan-urges-states-to-embrace-new-media)
Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Nigeria
New media is the wway now so it makes a lot of sense for peeps to go into this.
I agree with this totally.