Gov. Bello Inaugurates Committee On Information

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has inaugurated the Kogi State
Council of Information and urged members to disseminate right and
accurate information about the state.

Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr
Folashade Ayoade, the governor noted that Kogi State was the first
state in the federation to domesticate the information council at
the state level.

He stressed that Kogi had been at the forefront of domesticating
every policy of the Federal Government at the state level, and
urged the Council to project Kogi in the right way as information
officers in the state.

”Information officers are the people that project the state in
the right way. We must be able to disseminate the right information
to the public at all times,” he said.

He, therefore, urged the information officers to show capacity
in their assignment as Public Relations Officers. He commended the
Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo,
for being proactive and always on top of his job.

”There is a need to project the state very well, to let the
world know our achievements as a state. You must ask questions
before you pass out any information to the public.

The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley
Fanwo, thanked the governor for making the Ministry a fully-fledged
ministry and for always supporting it to carry out its mandate
without interference.

Fanwo, who doubles as the Council of Information Chairman,
commended the SSG for her immense effort and for always giving the
right advice to the Ministry which had ensured the inauguration of
the Council.

”We are doing a lot in the state, but a lot of people around the
country and the world are yet to be aware of all the giant strides
of the governor.

”I assure the Governor that the Council shall work together,
collaborate and ensure that we deliver on our mandates,” Fanwo
restated.

He appealed to the SSG to impress it on all the chairmen of all
the local government areas in the state to ensure that all the
offices of PROs at the LG level are well funded.

Fanwo emphasised that proper funding of information offices at
the LG level would enable the officers to function effectively in
projecting the good work of the governor at the grassroots.

Mr Peter Stephen, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Information and Communications will serve as the Secretary of the
Council, while the ministry’s Directors and PROs in all the local
government areas are members.

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has inaugurated the Kogi State
Council of Information and urged members to disseminate right and
accurate information about the state.

Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr
Folashade Ayoade, the governor noted that Kogi State was the first
state in the federation to domesticate the information council at
the state level.

He stressed that Kogi had been at the forefront of domesticating
every policy of the Federal Government at the state level, and
urged the Council to project Kogi in the right way as information
officers in the state.

”Information officers are the people that project the state in
the right way. We must be able to disseminate the right information
to the public at all times,” he said.

He, therefore, urged the information officers to show capacity
in their assignment as Public Relations Officers. He commended the
Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo,
for being proactive and always on top of his job.

”There is a need to project the state very well, to let the
world know our achievements as a state. You must ask questions
before you pass out any information to the public.

The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley
Fanwo, thanked the governor for making the Ministry a fully-fledged
ministry and for always supporting it to carry out its mandate
without interference.

Fanwo, who doubles as the Council of Information Chairman,
commended the SSG for her immense effort and for always giving the
right advice to the Ministry which had ensured the inauguration of
the Council.

”We are doing a lot in the state, but a lot of people around the
country and the world are yet to be aware of all the giant strides
of the governor.

”I assure the Governor that the Council shall work together,
collaborate and ensure that we deliver on our mandates,” Fanwo
restated.

He appealed to the SSG to impress it on all the chairmen of all
the local government areas in the state to ensure that all the
offices of PROs at the LG level are well funded.

Fanwo emphasised that proper funding of information offices at
the LG level would enable the officers to function effectively in
projecting the good work of the governor at the grassroots.

Mr Peter Stephen, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Information and Communications will serve as the Secretary of the
Council, while the ministry’s Directors and PROs in all the local
government areas are members.