Ebonyi Media Chief Assures Reintegration of Local Media into State Government Policies
By Ngwuta Chinedu, Abakaliki
Director General of Ebonyi Broadcasting Cooperation EBBC, Comrade Tony Nwizi, has underscored the strategic Importance of local media content in publicizing and advancement of government developmental policies at all levels, saying it serves local readers more effective than national news papers.
Tony made the disclosure when a delegation of members of Local Tabloids and Online media in the state led by the Chairman, Comrade Celestine Chidi Okeh, paid him a courtesy visit in his office, EBBC on Monday.
Nwizi, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ebonyi state council, noted that local and online media remains a driving force of development at the grassroots and always provides a veritable platform in defense of Government policies and programs adding there was the need for full integration of local media content providers in the scheme of things in the states.
He promised to synergize with the State government media handlers to ensure that local media providers are properly integrated in the state government programme, so as to alleviate some of the prevailing challenges bedeviling them.
Earlier in his remarks, the leader of the delegation, and publisher of The Times Newspaper and Ebonyitimesnews online, Comrade Celestine Okeh said the visit was to familiarize with the DG in the new Year adding, he decried the level of marginalization, segregation and exclusion of their members from government gifts especially during festivities and called on the Director General to help reach the authorities involved for proper action, pledging the continued support of members in driving home the policies and programs of the State Government through objective and balanced reportage.
Comrade Celestine Okeh Commended Nwizi for his commitment in implementing Governor Francis Nwifuru’s people’s charter of needs in EBBC through massive infrastructural and technical transformation. He Congratulated him on the recent honour bestowed on him by his people, Ezeakataka Enyim Agbaja community, as IDENYI OHA DOBERU 1 of Enyim Agbaja community, Izzi Local Government Area of the State.