From ABBAS GUNGURA, Bauchi
GOVERNOR Bala Mohammed of Bauçhi State has commended the Commissioner of Information and Communication, Usman Garba Danturaki, and the entire staff of the ministry for their foresight and initiative for re-introducing the long abandoned tradition of ministerial press briefing to showcase government’s activities to the people.
The governor gave the commendation while officially declaring the two weeks relaunching of the ministerial press briefing held on the July 1, 2024, at the auditorium of the Abubakar Umar Secretariat complex, Bauchi.
Governor Mohammed, who was represented by the Head of Civil Service, AlhajiYahuzaAdamu, said, ” The good people of Bauchi State who gave us mandate to serve them are entitled, as matter of right to be kept abreast of what the government has been doing for the socio economic development of the state.”
He added, “the responsibility of organizing the ministerial press briefing rests squarely on the Ministry of Information and Communication.”
The governor used the forum to commend the state owned media organizations, BATV and BRC, for continuing to promote and project the activities of government despite their financial challenges.
He assured that soon, the Bauchi State television would be on satellite to be able to compete with its contemporaries across the globe.
While calling on private media organizations in the state to partner with and support his administration to better the lives of the citizens, Governor Bala assured that his administration would provide them th enabling environment to carry out their duties efficiently and effectively.
He appealed to all ministries and agencies to fully participate in the exercise to make it a success and directed the information commissioner to compile and summarize the submissions and produce a compendium on the activities of the government for record and reference purposes.
Earlier in his welcome remarks, the Commissioner of Information and Communication, Usman Garba Danturaki, expressed appreciation to the governor for giving the Ministry the opportunity to re-introduce the ministerial press briefing by not only approving logistics but for directing all MDAs participate.
