The Yobe State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Hon. Abdullahi Bego, has disclosed that the state will reposition the ministry of information and train information officers for the digitization of the state television.
This was contained in a statement by the Ministry’s Department of Information Services, while taking over the affairs of the ministry in a brief ceremony on Tuesday held at his office located in IBB Secretariat, Damaturu.
Bego also announced that plans were underway to draft state policy for social media, noting that the era of propaganda, and misinformation in the State has come to an end.
He announced that plans were underway to draft state policy for social media.
The Information Commissioner stressed that the present administration under Governor Buni was determined to reposition the Information sector of the State for optimum benefit of the people.
“We shall train and retain information officers to build their capacity, pursue the digitization of the State television, widen the radio coverage and draft state policy for social media”, he said.
The overseeing Permanent Secretary Ministry of Information, Alh. Kashim Tijjani Kalli, during the hand-over of the affairs of the ministry to new commissioner, described the appointment of Bego as well-deserved.
