Okowa charges community newspaper publishers to disseminate information to grassroots

By Owho Warri

Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has urged members of Association of Community Newspapers Publishers of Nigeria (ACNPN) to always share information to effectively reach the people at the grassroots.
Governor Okowa made the call Tuesday 13^th February 2018, when the executive of Delta State Council of ACNPN led by Comrade Jude Obiemnyego paid him a courtesy visit in Asaba.

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa (left), receiving a copy of address form the Chairman Association of Community News Paper Publishers of Nigeria (ACNPN), Mr Jude Obiememyego (right) during a courtesy call by ACNPN on the Governor in Asaba.

The Governor who was enthusiastic, lauded the publishers of community newspapers as an umbrella body to champion their course, while stressed that sharing of information and ideas, would ensure that people at the rural communities are a breast with happenings in other localities.

"As community newspaper publishers, there is greater strength when you share ideas and information and I am glad that you have come together to be members of one body," the Governor said, assuring that his administration will always work with the ACNPN to ensure that people at the different communities of the state are aware of his administration's programmes.

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa (6th right); the Secretary to Governornment, Rt Hon Ovie Agas (4th right); Chief of Staff, Government House, Rt Hon Tam Brisibe (3rd right); Commissioner for Information, Mr Patrick Ukah (2nd right) and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Peace Building and Rural Development, Chief Edwin Uzor in a group photograph with the Association of Community News Paper Publishers of Nigeria (ACNPN) in Asaba.

He disclosed that the driving force behind the acceptability and achievements of his administration was open-door policy and letting the people know the situation of things at all times, asserting, "we are running an open-door policy, we engage in town hall meetings because, there is nothing to hide from our people, they need to be properly informed as partners in the governance of the state; they tell us how they feel and we tell them what we are doing."

Governor Okowa reeled out some of the achievements of his administration in the areas of road construction, jobs and wealth’s creation, quality health-care delivery, among others despite the country being technically on recession, he emphasized that his administration will always be on course, remain focused in the delivery of democratic dividends and good governance to Deltans.
Earlier, Comrade Obiemnyego commended the Governor for his developmental strides, assuring that the ACNPN as the publishers of community newspapers that gets to the people at the nooks and crannies of the state will highlight the activities of government.