ASABA/Nigeria: Chairman, Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria, (ACNPN) Delta State Chapter, Comrade Jude Obiemenyego said that the vision of the association is to be the best and leading body in information management.
He disclosed this when the association paid courtesy visit to the secretary to the Delta State Government, Hon. Festus Ovie Agas in his office, Asaba, stressing that good information machineries are veritable tools and indispensable force for any people oriented government.
According to the Chairman, ACNPN which is the umbrella body for all credible Community Newspaper outfits in the state, is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has primary responsibility of informing, educating, entertaining sensitizing, upholding professional ethics, promoting good governance, peaceful co-existence and state unity through information dissemination.
Jude Obiemenyego noted that people at the grass roots so much believe in Community Newspapers because of there are the closest means of information to the grass roots people.
On the part of the SSG, Festus Agas disclosed that his office will partner with the association for better understanding of the government activities, programmes, policies, to enable them reach out to the people at the grass root.
He assured the publishers of reaching out to agencies in the state to encourage community Newspapers, adding that his office will ensure that the government will support the association in their forth coming security summit.
Festus Agas however, called for the development of agriculture since the Delta State government has queued into agriculture as the mainstay of the state’s economy.
According to the SSG, the nation’s economy relied on agriculture before the advent of oil, stressing that it is the only key to pulling the nation out of the present recession.
The SSG further said that the administration of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa which has contributed much in agricultural development, has empowered large number of Deltans through YAGEP programme.
