To ensure reliable and accurate information about Kogi state is disseminated, the State Governor, Yahaya Bello has inaugurated the Kogi State Council of Information, saying Kogi State was the first state in the federation to domesticate the information council at the state level.
Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Folashade Ayoade, the governor urged the Council to project Kogi in the right way as information officers in the state through the dissemination of right and accurate information about the state.
Bello stressed that Kogi had been in the forefront of domesticating every policy of the Federal Government at the state level.
“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.
“It is mandatory for information officers to disseminate the right and accurate information about the state to the public.
“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”, he said
In a remark, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, thanked the governor for making the Ministry a full fledge ministry and for always supporting it to carry out its mandate without interference.
Fanwo, who doubles as the Chairman Council of Information commended the SSG for her immense effort of ensuring the inauguration of the Council was successful.
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