ACNPN Exco visits Ika south council, SSG, as Ofume supports LGA autonomy

The Chairman Ika South Local Government Council, Delta State, Hon. Fred Ofume has strongly supported the autonomy of Local Government administration and its restructuring in order to correct the anomalies in the system despite some Nigerians opposition because they strongly believe that it will become an avenue for council officials to make more money for their personal use.

Ofume disclosed this in Agbor when members of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria (ACNPN) paid him a courtesy visit in his office.

He underscored the importance of information in any society and charged members of the Association to be objective in their reportage and always cross check their facts before publishing.

Fred Ofume commended ACNPN for the visit and enjoined them to give adequate publicity to the programs and policies of Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa SMART Agenda.

He also emphasized that people lost hope in the leadership of the council because they failed in the responsibility to provide social amenities for the people.

Today Fred Ofume has changed the mindsets of the people by providing those amenities needed by the people.

This was successful because the people are seeing the dividend of their money from the revenue drive.

While on their vist to the SSG the Chairman, Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria, (ACNPN) Delta State Chapter, Comrade Jude Obiemenyego stressed that the vision of the association is to be the best and leading body in information management.

He disclosed this when the association paid courtesy visit to the secretary to the Delta State Government, Hon. Festus Ovie Agas in his office, Asaba, stressing that good information machineries are veritable tools and indispensable force for any people oriented government.

According to him ACNPN as the umbrella body for all creditble community newpaper is registered with the corporate affair commission (CAC) has primary responsibility of informing, entertaining sensitizing, upholding professional ethics, promoting good governance, peaceful co-existence and state unity through information dissemination.

Obiemenyego noted that people at the grass roots so much believe in Community Newspapers because of there are the closest means of information to the grass roots people.

On the part of the SSG, Festus Agas disclosed that his office will partner with the association for better understanding of the government activities, programmes, policies, to enable them reach out to the people at the grass root.

He assured the publishers of reaching out to agencies in the state to encourage community Newspapers, adding that his office will ensure that the government will support the association in their forth coming security summit.

Festus Agas however, called for the development of agriculture since the Delta State government has queued into agriculture as the mainstay of the state’s economy.

According to the SSG, the nation’s economy relied on agriculture before the advent of oil, stressing that it is the only key to pulling the nation out of the present recession.

The SSG further said that the administration of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa which has contributed much in agricultural development, has empowered large number of Deltans through YAGEP programme.