FIC Report (Anambra State) – The Commissioner, Ministry of Information Anambra State, Dr Law Mefor has urged Media Practitioners to tenaciously hold ethics of job while dispensing their duties .
He made this known while speaking in a workshop on Social Media Issues recently at ABS Auditorium, Awka.
According to the Commissioner, “Propaganda is not part of proper information dissemination especially in State like ours where good governance is speaking volumes. Governor Soludo has done more than enough to be pleaded to continue in office. We need not to tell lies or make empty praises to prove this but showcase what he has done, doing and pointing at to do.”
He further said that good deed does not hide itself, those of us in opposition are living witness to Soludo’s doggedness to closing infrastructure deficit gap. So report roads that have been done, those being done and those to be done in a verifiable manner.
Dr Mefor enjoined Journalists to jettison the fear that artificial intelligence (AI) will take away their job through citizen journalism but embrace AI, to sieving out quacks in the profession.
The Managing Director, Anambra State Broadcasting Service, Awka, Mr Christopher Molokwu charged Information Officers to manage bad press properly, emphasizing that it is not about what is said but about how it is said. Worst case news scenarios are subject to reportage, how it is reported is what matters.
Mr Christopher Molokwu also said that the Governor may not get it right at every point, yet if everything you see is ugly, the chances of changing an ugly scenario will be difficult. It is better to point at good things done to be in better position to advocate changes to the ugly.
Other Resource Persons like Joseph Egbocha, Esther Ndife, Obi Umunnakwe and Uchechukwu Ebonam agreed to the above points but added that in the information industry, we write to express not to impress. They enjoined Information Officers to choose English words that are familiar to people, so as to enable them to read and understand, the idea of sending readers to dictionary in order to understand story line is counterproductive. Keep it short and simple for clarity purposes.
An Information Officer, Mr David in a vote of thanks on behalf of colleagues expressed appreciation to the Organizers of the Workshop.
Signed
Joy N. Chukwurah
Head of Centre
FIRC, Awka.
26/08/2025.
