Speaker Adamawa state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, has formerly inaugurated the House Standing Committee on Information, Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) and Poverty and Wealth Creation (POWECO), and charged the committee to ensure proper management of information.
The new committee inaugurated has the ministry of Information, SDGs, POWECO and all the state owned media outfits including the Adamawa Press Limited (APL), Publishers of The Scope Newspaper, Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Adamawa Television Corporation (ATV), Yola.
Speaking while performing the inauguration ceremony, the Speaker of the hallowed chamber, said that the committee is saddled with the responsibility of managing the image of the house, and that the house relies on it for proper management of information concerning it, saying: "on the other side, the ministry and its parastatals are the image maker of the executive arm".
Rt. Hon. Iya Abbas, said that no matter the achievements of the government, without proper management of information, people will not know, and called on the ministry and its media outfits to cooperate with the committee and disseminate relevant information to the public.
According to him, the committee is going to work hand in hand with the media for the progress of the state, adding that the committee is going to be between the legislature and executive arm respectively, and urged the committee to protect the image of the government of the day.
Responding, the Chairman of the Committee and Member Representing Gombi constituency, Hon. Japhet Kefas, appreciated the speaker and the house for finding him and his colleagues worthy to serve under the committee.
Hon. Kefas, who is the Deputy Majority Leader of the house, said his committee is the one that is expected to give a sense of belonging to their electorates, adding that it is the Committee that gives information about the policies and programmes of the government or day to day activities of the house.
He disclosed that his committee will exert all effort in contributing positively towards the success of the house and the government of the day, pledging to ensure that the synergy between committee and executive arm waxes stronger.
Also responding on behalf of the General Managers of APL, Jauro Saleh Buba, ABC, Alleni Ethan Day, ATV, Ibrahim Buba, and others, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of the ministry, Mr. Polycarp Ayuba, commended the speaker and the house for successfully inaugurating the committee.
He assured the house of the support and cooperation of the ministry and all the media organisations under it for the progress of the state.
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