INFO MINISTRY FLOATS UDOM IN MY COMMUNITY PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT CAMPAIGN

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Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Information and Strategy is out with another statewide public sensitization and enlightenment programme, tagged, “Udom in my Community.”

The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Charles Udoh, who disclosed this early today while on a AKBC TV Live programme, “Centre Point”, said, “Udom in my Community”, is a strategic online campaign aimed at showcasing the achievements and strides of Governor Udom Emmanuel in various sectors and sections of the State from the citizen’s point of view through picture/video.

Charles Udoh said, the campaign which is featuring a photo and video competition is opened to all interested members of the society mostly the youths who are invited to upload photos and videos of government’s projects in their communities with reference to the positive impact of such projects to the people.

According to the Information Boss, the objectives of “Udom in my Community” campaign include; creation of awareness for government’s projects; identification of the value chain opportunities inherent in government projects with a view to getting citizens to benefit from them as well as stimulating effective citizen’s engagement in government activities and programmes through government media platforms.

He said dedicated phone lines and social media platform will be made available to the public during the promotional campaign period which has kicked-off with the news break by the Commissioner as well as online hypes, adding that year 2018 will witness effective media campaign   to be mounted by Ministry of Information and Strategy to ensure that citizens are made to see physically and also have a feel of projects they hear and read about in the media.

Udoh said in addition to the “Udom in my Community” photo/video competition campaign, Ministry of Information and Strategy is further boosting publicity of Governor Udom Emmanuel’s administration through a TV magazine programme, “Discover Akwa Ibom”, which will run on AIT every Friday evening by 5.30pm.

It could be recalled that, towards the end of last year, 2017, Ministry of Information and Strategy had floated a statewide sensitization campaign, “Udom Cares”, which also geared at projecting and publicizing the achievements of Governor Udom Emmanuel with an underlying youth empowerment incentive and is now floating another sensitization campaign, “Udom in my Community”.

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