The Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Comrade Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, has charged Directors of Public Enlightenment across Ministries, Departments, and Government Agencies to step up efforts in projecting government programs and strengthening public awareness of development initiatives across Kano State.
He gave the charge while presiding over a special meeting with the Directors, which he described as the first of its kind and a strategic platform for reviewing how information dissemination and public enlightenment can be improved to better showcase the people-oriented projects of the present administration.
Comrade Waiya explained that the meeting was convened at a critical time to reposition information management in the state and ensure that government activities are communicated to the public in a more professional, effective and impactful manner.
The Commissioner urged the Directors to introduce special radio programmes in their respective areas of responsibility to regularly inform the public about the activities of their Ministries and Agencies, as well as to track and report how citizens are benefiting from government projects.
He said such feedback from the people would further motivate the government to intensify its development drive.
He cautioned the Directors against politicising their duties, reminding them that their core responsibility is to objectively inform the public about government activities and relay the needs and concerns of citizens to the government in order to attract timely intervention and improve the welfare of the people.
Comrade Waiya also assured the Directors of continuous capacity building, promising that the Ministry would organise training programmes to enhance their professional competence and provide them with the necessary working tools to enable them perform their duties more effectively.
In his remarks, the Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Usman Bello, said the Ministry was strengthening engagement with stakeholders to promote mutual understanding and create opportunities for discussing key issues that would significantly improve information dissemination and public enlightenment on government policies, programmes, and projects, while also identifying the needs of the people.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the Kano State Directors of Public Enlightenment Forum, Isma’ila Garba Gwammaja, commended the Commissioner for convening the meeting, describing it as timely and impactful.
He said the initiative would enhance the effectiveness of Directors at their duty posts and appealed to the Ministry to sustain training programmes and provide modern working tools to further improve their performance.
