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Yobe gov’t trains information officers on effective communication techniques

By Gift Luckson
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Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State.

Yobe gov’t trains information officers on effective communication techniques

Yobe State Government has organised a two-day training exercise for Local Government Information Officers to enlighten them on how to effectively communicate government policies and programmes to citizens at the grassroots.

Speaking at the inauguration of the two-day training exercise on Thursday in Bauchi State, the facilitator of the programme, Dr Ahmed Mohammed-Bedu, said the exercise is designed to equip the participants with the necessary skills to improve on their job as information managers and communication experts.
He said the workshop with the theme “Retooling Local Government Information Officers for Informing Democratic Dividends in Yobe State” would also sharpen participants’ skills in publicizing the dividends of democracy as being delivered by Gov. Mai Mala Buni’s administration at state and local government levels.
Mohammed-Bedu said they would be exposed to emerging trends in information management, data processing, and handling, fact-checking, archiving, content management for online communication, report writing techniques, public relations, and value proposition.

“Local government information officers as purveyors of grassroots information are responsible for dissemination the information on the achievements of government policies and programmes to the public.

“They need to undergo regular training to sharpen their communication skills and media engagement functions of their local government council chairmen and the Executive Governor of the State, Mai Mala Buni,” he said.

According to Bedu, the participants at the end of the exercise will be better equipped in handling media engagements between journalists and their principals.

He urged the participants to utilise the skills acquired to improve their duties.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that participants in the two-day training were drawn from the 17 local government areas of Yobe State.

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