Information managers in Zamfara State yesterday reiterated their unalloyed support for Governor Dauda Lawal promising to build greater synergy across all tiers of Government for effective people oriented services.
Speaking at the commencement of a two day workshop on Media Training for Government Media Aides and information Officers in Kaduna, the Honorable Commissioner for Information and Culture Comrade Mannir Mu’azu Haidera revealed that the Governor Lawal ‘ is highly committed to training and retraining of working personnel at all levels for development of the information sector and the state at large. ‘
” On the issue of insecurity which is the major challenge in the State, Government is working to ensure the return of Peace to the state.” He stressed.
Comrade Haidera maintained that the essence for the workshop for information and Public Relation Officers and Social Media influencers is to build a fair and equitable Society and close the widening inequality particularly in the sector of information and this is the beginning.
The Commissioner called for preparedness to play our part as information managers to contribute towards addressing the major challenges facing the Sector. ‘ The job of of building a prosperous state and nation in general is not the job of the State Governor, Commissioners and House of Assembly members alone but all information managers.
Also speaking, the Managing Director Kera web Media Limited Honorable Dahiru Hassan Kera maintained that “misinformation, disinformation
and fake news have been the order of the day and with the evolution of social media, the cyberspace has been inundated with unverified information capable of causing crisis and even truncating good governance, fight against kidnappings, banditry, and other criminalities bedevilling our societies, Zamfara state notably inclusive.”
He said the new trend in the media of amplifying unpatriotic contents makes this an important time to apprise and update our knowledge on the workings of the media, especially the new media and this training is one such avenues where participants will, at the end of the day, be well equipped.
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