#MP2013 Presentation of the Minister of Information

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
A PRESENTATION BY
THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INFORMATION, LABARAN MAKU
JUNE 28TH 2013 1

The Federal Ministry of Information is the fulcrum of
the nation's public information management
responsible for policy making, planning, processing,
packaging and the dissemination of information
which will project the image and reputation of the
Nigerian nation, its people, and Government. In this
role, the Ministry stimulates the exchange of
information and ideas primarily amongst Nigerians,
and the world at large, to promote good governance,
peaceful co-existence, harmony, growth and
development.
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BACKGROUND…Cont’d.
The Ministry also initiates programmes, policies,
rules and regulations for the development and
maintenance of orderly information systems
consistent with acceptable cultural and
conventional norms and ethics of the Nigerian
people and the global community.
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“To lead the management of the image and
reputation of the people and government of
Nigeria through a professional and dynamic public
information system that facilitates access by
citizens and the global community to credible and
timely information about our nation.”
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“To enable a dynamic and participatory public
information system that fosters and sustains the
overall growth and development of the country
and its people.”
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Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN)
Voice of Nigeria (VON)
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
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National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
Nigerian Press Council (NPC)
Nigerian Film Corporation
National Film and Video Censors Board
(NFVCB)
Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria
(APCON)
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The Achievements of the Ministry in the past two
years should be considered against the following
realities:
 The 5 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on which
policy implementation has been based.
 Direct ownership of a majority of frontline print
and electronic media by the opposition who use
this influence to oppose government policies and
programmes. 8

 Undue media focus on politics and politicking,
rather than development issues and progress.
 The hitherto poor and ineffective utilization of
the social media by government to advance
policies and programmes and to respond
effectively and timely to negative publicity.
 The atrocities of Boko Haram, which incensed
the public against the government and created
negative perception for our country. 9

 The contradictions in the polity which have created
a situation in which factions of the ruling Party are
the frontline platforms used by opposition parties
to mobilize public opinion against the government
and its policies.
 The nationwide strike by organized labour and the
protests by civil society groups in the wake of the
deregulation of the downstream sector of the
petroleum industry.
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 Heightened propaganda that followed
disclosure of abuses in the fuel subsidy
disbursements.
 The unfortunate Dana Air crash which roused
the negative emotions of bereaved citizens and
aggrieved members of the public.
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 The bloated expectations of citizens in the
aftermath of the 2011 Presidential Elections in
which millions of voters who elected the
President expected miracles shortly after.
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The foregoing produced negative perceptions
which the Federal Ministry of Information has
worked hard to clear through upgrading our
current media outreach programmes and
activities towards better appreciation of the
philosophy and programmes of Mr. President as
contained in the Transformation Agenda.
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Thus, the Federal Ministry of Information has
during the period under review articulated
aggressive publicity push, utilizing DOMESTIC,
EXTERNAL and SOCIAL MEDIA platforms, with
extensive and intensive deployment of resources
and expertise considering the fact that the
Ministry had zero allocation in 2011 for publicity.
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STRATEGIC WORKPLAN IN SYNC WITH THE
o The Ministry developed and deployed a
strategic work-plan for public information
management anchored on various platforms.
o The strategic work-plan was preceded by
extensive consultations and deep reflections on
the institutional reengineering required to
refocus the Ministry.
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o The work plan consists of short-term and long-
term objectives, as well as modalities, to
enhance the Ministry's capacity to deliver on its
statutory mandate, especially in the context of
the Administration's Transformation Agenda.
STRATEGIC WORKPLAN IN SYNC WITH THE
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THE STRATEGIC WORK PLAN INCLUDES:
 Extensive multimedia domestic publicity of
Government projects and programmes
nationwide, including greater synergy with the
MDAs in their media outreach activities.
 Vigorous and sustained publicity for the
country abroad, in collaboration with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nigerian
Investment Promotion Commission.
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 The re-introduction of Information Units in
Nigerian Missions abroad to coordinate the
external publicity of Nigeria, its people and
potentials to enhance our nation's reputation and
attract Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) into the
country.
 Transformation of the Nigerian Television Authority
(NTA) to a global brand that is comparable to CNN,
BBC, Al Jazeera, etc.
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 Transformation of the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN), first, as the authoritative agency
covering the West African sub region; and
ultimately, to a continental status.
 Tenacious implementation of the Digital Roll-
over project for the broadcast industry.
 Enlightenment and mobilization of the citizenry
to personalize, drive, and help realize Vision
20:2020, through a robust collaboration with
the National Planning Commission. 19

 Peace building and national security awareness
campaign to sensitize Nigerians on the current
security challenges.
 Sustain the Federal Government Special
Publications- Nigeria Monthly; and the introduction
of a bi-weekly Governance Today and other
thematic publications on special projects, such as
Power, Roads.
 Revival, replacement, and provision of new facilities
for the Ministry's Information Centres nationwide.
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 Training and retraining of Information Officers to
coordinate the publicity activities of all MDAs
and Federal Government development initiatives
in all the States of the federation.
 Completion of the Federal Government Press
complex in Abuja, and the immediate publication
of all outstanding Federal Government Gazettes
and statutory publications.
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 The development of the motion picture industry
and the maximization of its potential for job
creation, entertainment, and national image
projection, through increased professionalization
and effective government support for the growth
of the film industry.
 Leveraging on the new (Social) media.
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STRATEGIC OUTCOMES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
This report of the achievements of the Ministry in 2011 -
2013 is presented on the basis of the five (5) Broad
Outcomes of the Ministry’s Key Performance Indicators.
They are:
1. Strategic Communication of Government Policies and
Programmes
2. Building a Positive Image and Promoting National
Consciousness
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STRATEGIC OUTCOMES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
3. Provision of an Effective Regulatory Environment for the
Media and Allied Industry
4. Preservation of Nigeria’s Archival Heritage
5. Provision of Policy and Administrative Services.
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1.0 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION OF
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES
At the core of the Ministry’s functions is the strategic
communication of government policies and programmes.
This two-way traffic ensures that citizens and the global
community are aware of government activities and also
participate in governance.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
1.1. MINISTERIAL PLATFORM
 The Platform, the first of its kind in the history of
our country, was approved by the President and
the Federal Executive Council. This was an
initiative of the Ministry designed to promote a
national conversation between the people of
Nigeria and its government on the development
agenda of government and the progress of our
democracy. 26

The Minister of Information,
Mr. Labaran Maku, at the first
edition of the Ministerial
Platform with L-R Minister of
Water Resources Mrs. Sarah
Ochekpe, Minister of
Environment Mrs.
Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafiya,
Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development Dr.
Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina and
Minister of State, Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural
Development, Dr. Bukar Tijjani in
attendance
 The 1st edition of the Ministerial Platform involved all
Ministries, and took place between April 24 – May 22,
2012. The 2nd edition of the Platform commenced on
June 3rd 2013 and will end on July 1st, 2013.
 A Compendium of the presentations of the maiden
edition of Ministerial Platform has been published. 27

MINISTERIAL PLATFORM
L-R Minister of Transport, Senator Idris
Umar; Minister of Information, Mr.
Labaran Maku; Minister of Works Arc.
Mike Onolememen and Minister of State
Works Amb. Bashir Yuguda at the 2nd
edition of the Ministerial Platform.
L-R Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development, Dr. Bukar Tijjani,
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina, Minister of
Environment Mrs.Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafiya
and Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran
Maku in attendance 28

• The first edition was broadcast live on NTA,
FRCN and VON. It was also streamed live on
social media networks to ensure global
participation of Nigerians in the Diaspora and
of the global community through an interactive
Question and Answer format. The second
edition has the added reach of live
transmission on some private radio and
television networks, notably AIT and Channels.
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• It fosters in public office holders the understanding
that the people are our masters and we must report
what we do to them and get their feedback for
greater service delivery.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Mrs. Kehinde Ajoni (third from left) at the
Platform alongside members of the audience. 30

• It promotes a participatory multi-media information
dissemination and information sharing process
between the government and the people on all
major programmes, projects and activities of
government.
• This is part of our policy initiative to realize the
good governance goal of the Transformation
Agenda by making Government functionaries
accountable to the people.
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• Participation in the Ministerial Platform has been
phenomenal and unprecedented as Nigerians in
far-flung corners of the world from Australia,
China, Europe, the Americas and all parts of
Africa send in questions, comments and ideas.
• The 2nd edition of the Platform coincided with
the mid-term report by President Goodluck
Ebele Jonathan and has afforded the MDAs an
opportunity for amplification of their
accomplishments and prospects. 32

Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku test-riding the Made-in-Nigeria Motorcycle
manufactured by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).
Looking on are the Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe, (left) and Minister of
Science and Technology, Professor Ita Ewa Bassey (centre). 33

• The Platform has transformed our democracy by
promoting healthy competition among Cabinet
Ministers who are working harder to report
positive achievements to the people of Nigeria.
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• It is a trailblazer as it is the first of its kind by any
government in Africa, and it stands alone in most
democracies in the World. No where else are
serving Ministers lined up to report their
achievements to the public and answer
questions directly from the people across the
World.
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• It has made information about government
programmes, projects and actions available to
the people on a scale and range never before
witnessed in this country.
• It has humbled State officials by making them
realize that the people are sovereign and
demand answers from them on the mandate and
resources entrusted in their hands.
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• The Ministerial Platform has become the most
popular and most followed programme ever
conducted by any government in our democracy.
• The Platform has united Nigerians as they act
together, watch and listen to what their leaders
at the national level are doing, and ask questions
for clarification.
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• It is therefore the most participatory and pro-
people information dissemination and
information sharing programme ever run by the
Federal Government of Nigeria.
• It has ensured transparency and accountability
of Federal Government actions and policy
implementation in the field spread across
Nigeria.
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• The information dished out can be accessed any
time by the Nigerian people on the internet for
future references by scholars, policy analysts,
commentators and interested citizens.
• Because of the popularity of the Platform there
are requests that it should be open to
advertisements by companies which wish to use
it to reach their target markets.
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• The Ministerial Platform is a revolutionary initiative
by President Goodluck Jonathan’s Administration
which has changed the relationship between the
governed and their leaders and created a tradition
of accountability of State officials to the people
which will continue to deepen and strengthen our
national democratic values and culture anchored on
the principle of credible leadership for the service of
the people and the unity and transformation of our
country as one of the greatest and prosperous
nations of the World.
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• As part of its drive for the promotion of good
governance and wide publicity of government
development programmes, the Ministry commenced
the National Good Governance Tour to monitor major
projects that have either been completed or are
ongoing as stated by the various Ministers at the
premier edition of Ministerial Platform. The National
Good Governance Tour is in collaboration with the
Ministry of National Planning, Office of the Special
Adviser to the President on Project Monitoring and
Evaluation, and the Nigerian Governors' Forum.
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The Tour involves visiting the six geo-political zones of
the Federation and the FCT. This is part of the
Ministry's facilitation of accountability and
transparency in Government, to build trust between
the government and the people.
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NIPP Power Plant in Alaoji, Abia State.
The inspection of Alaoji Power
Component by the NGGT Team
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• The Tour is also aimed at sensitizing communities to
take ownership of projects located in their domains and
to monitor the implementation of such projects and
guard against vandalism.
• The Tour will remain a key feature of our public
information strategy and ensure proper monitoring of
the performance of contractors and other service
providers.
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• The Tour commenced on 20th September, 2012 with
visits to the FCT and the North Central Zone –Kwara,
Niger, Plateau, Benue, and Nasarawa states. The Tour
resumed in mid-January 2013 with visits to the South
East, South South zones as well as to Kebbi, Zamfara,
and Katsina in the North West zone, and will resume
after the Ministerial Platform. So far, 19 states have
been visited in the country.
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Minister of Transport Sen. Idris Umar, Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku, and
Engr. Adeseye Sijuwade, Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation when the
National Good Governance Tour Team boarded a train from Ilorin to Offa
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• Projects visited cut across all sectors – Water, Roads,
Infrastructure, agriculture, and development of new
and existing Districts in the FCT as well as Health and
Educational institutions in the states.
• The Team uncovered, in at least two instances, shoddy
execution by contractors, resulting in the revocation of
the contracts. Projects revoked due to poor execution
are:
Bokkos-Panyam-Wamba road project in Plateau State,
and Agaie-Katcha-Boro Road project in Niger State. 47

Transport Minister Sen. Idris Umar watches as the Information Minister
Mr. Labaran Maku interacts with passengers on the train from Ilorin to
Offa during the National Good Governance Tour of Kwara State. 48

Ebony Rice Processing
Mill, Abakaliki, Ebonyi
State.
Destoning Rice Section at the Ebony Rice
Factory in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
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Bagged Ebony Brand Rice at the Rice Mill in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
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• During the National Good
Governance Tour, Citizens'
Forum (town hall meeting) is
held in each State for robust
engagement between the
host Governor, Ministers and
stakeholders. Issues and
programmes are explained;
new propositions are tabled
and discussed to ensure
proper feedback to the
government.
Minister of Works Arc. Mike Onolememen
(second from left) with the Information
Minister, Labaran Maku (right) at the Citizens’
Forum in Benin
A cross-section of the packed venue
of the Citizens’ Forum in Edo State
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• The Tour has provided a platform to continue our
campaign for peace and security; national unity and
patriotism; sustainable environment; human capital
development and good governance.
• The Tour has generated intense media attention,
especially in the host States and in the social media,
with very positive reviews. State governments have
found it a veritable opportunity to collaborate with
the Federal Government in showcasing their
accomplishments. The Tour Secretariat has been
inundated with requests about the visitation dates to
the remaining States of the Federation. 52

• A short documentary on the Tour will be aired at the
end of this presentation.
Participants at the Citizens’ Forum in
Awka, Anambra State.
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State
exchanging pleasantries with the
Information Minister, Mr. Labaran Maku, at
the Citizens’ Forum in Awka, Anambra State.
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Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku and some officials on inspection of the progress of
work at the remodeled Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.
Information Minister exchanging pleasantries
with a young boy during the inspection of
the remodeled Benin Airport, Edo State.
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Gov. Peter Obi and Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku being briefed by
the Plant Manager at the completed grains Silos in Awka, Anambra State.
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Deputy Governor Niger State Alhaji Musa
Ibeto, Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu
and Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku
during the Town Hall Meeting in Minna
Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku and
Governor Tanko Al-Makura at the Town Hall
Meeting in Lafia during the National Good
Governance Tour of Nasarawa State
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Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku, Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah
Ochekpe and members of the National Good Governance Tour during the inspection
of the newly completed Makeri Power Station in Jos, Plateau State 57

Visit to the Teragro Fruit Juice Processing Factory Makurdi, Benue State, by the NGGT.
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Inspection of the completed Eyenkorin Dam,
an Irrigation Project in Ilorin, Kwara State.
Some dignitaries at the Town Hall Meeting
during the Citizens’ Forum in Minna, Niger State.
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Inspection of ongoing work at Tada-Shonga Irrigation Project, Kwara State
expected to irrigate thousands of hectares of Rice Farm. It is a Federal
Government Project.
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Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku in the cockpit of a training aircraft at the
Aviation College, Ilorin, Kwara State, established by the State Government.
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Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku and the Minister
of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu (right) when the Tour
team inspected some facilities at the University of Jos
Teaching Hospital, Plateau State
Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku during the visit to the
Technology Incubation Centre, Jos, where so many machine
tools were being fabricated by young artisans and engineers. It is
a collaborative effort of the Federal and Plateau State
Governments.
The newly reconstructed Zungeru-Akare rail bridge
inspected by the NGGT Team 62

VOM – Manchok Road through Rock formation. Olympic size swimming pool in Rivers State.
Songhai Pineapple Plantation Rivers State. Songhai Juice Processing Unit, Rivers State.63

Ongoing construction of Phase 4 of Onne Sea Port, Rivers State.
Northern Ishan Water supply project, Ugboha, Edo State. NIPP Sapele Power Plant, Delta State. 64

NIPP Omoku-Onelga, Rivers State Gbarain NIPP Project, Bayelsa State.
Rice Irrigation Project, Bakalori, Zamfara State.
Patients on Newly acquired Dialysis Machines at Jos
University Teaching Hospital. 65

Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Plant. Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company finished products
Entrance to IPP Aba Geometric Power Plant. Distribution lines and One of the Gas Turbine Powering the IPP Aba
Geometric Power Plant.
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FIFA Rated Stadium, Jos, Plateau State Computer Room, Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State
Entrance to Newly remodeled Benin Airport. Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku addressing journalists at
the Zungeru Train Terminus, Niger State. 67

Agric Services and Training Centre, Vom, Jos. Rice Irrigation Project Bakalori, Zamfara State.
The Minister of Works Arc. Mike Onolememen with the NGGT
team on the newly reconstructed Benin-Ofosu section of the
Benin – Shagamu Express Road.
Portion of the Benin-Shagamu express Road.
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Diagnostics Centre, Kwara State. Newly acquired diagnostic machine at the Diagnostics Centre,
Kwara State
Niger Information Geographic Laboratory, Minna. A State
government project
Bwari Water Treatment Plant. An FCT Project. 69

• The National Good Governance Tour is the most
strenuous and exhaustive inspection of government
project/programmes ever undertaken in our new
democratic dispensation.
• It has enabled the people of Nigeria to match
government promises with actual project delivery on
the ground.
• It has defeated wide spread cynicism that government
was not working the talk on its policies and promises
to the people.
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• To ensure proper accountability and transparency, the
Tour team is made up mainly of Journalists and Civil
Society Activists led by the National President of NUJ.
• The Tour itself is conducted live on social media
platforms and where possible on radio and television
to ensure wide spread participation.
• In the course of the Tour, we were able to verify
progress of work in all Federal Government projects
across the country.
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• The Tour has enabled critical assessment of
performance of government Agencies and
Contractors.
• Some non performing contracts were terminated as a
result of the tour. Such as:
Panyan- Bokkos – Wanba road in Plateau State.
Agae – Kacha – Baro road in Niger State.
• The Tour has compelled contractors, service providers
and public officers in charge of projects and
programmes in the field to sit up.
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• It has revealed and publicized the huge
intervention/projects of the Federal Government
across the country.
• The Tour has also created healthy competition
between State Governments as every Governor gears
up to show positive report of its achievements to the
nation.
• It also revealed the great effort of many Governors to
develop their states.
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• The Tour unearthed salient weaknesses in our media
coverage of the country as some of the most
performing Governors never got any serious mention
in the media before the NGGT reached their States.
• It also showed clearly that those most reported in the
media often had less to show during the Tour.
• Overall, the Tour showed that much more work is
going on under our democracy at both the Federal and
State levels than reported in the Media.
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• The NGGT also showcased private sector-driven
projects which are redefining the economy and the
reputation of our nation. Worthy of specific mention
here are the Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing plant in
Nnewi, Anambra State, which produces motor vehicles
from scratch to finish for domestic transport market
and for export.
• The Innoson Technical Plastic factory in Enugu is one
of the largest plastic manufacturing plants in Africa
and exports to all parts of the continent.
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• Progress in Railways reconstruction; inland waterways
infrastructure; Road construction; power plants,
education infrastructure, agriculture, Health and
Industry is comprehensive and explains why the
economy is growing at an average of 7% under the
Goodluck Jonathan Administration.
• The NGGT has changed the way our government
works by ensuring popular oversight of government
projects and programmes by the people of Nigeria
across the World.
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• The Citizens’ Forum is the most revolutionary part of
the NGGT which enables citizens in every state visited
to engage officials of government at the Federal, State
and Local level on the progress they are making to
improve their welfare.
• Many Governors demanded that it be done yearly to
increase commitment of governments at all levels to
performance.
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 The Ministry through its various news organs,
continued t o p u b l i c i z e g o v e r n me n t d e v e l
o p me n t programmes activities through specific
media outreach programmes on NTA, FRCN, NAN and
VON.
 The Ministry developed sector communication
strategies for MDAs and directed its media
organizations - FRCN, NTA, VON, NAN-- to provide
platforms such as talk shows, discussion programmes,
interviews, etc. for MDAs to explain and showcase
progress or impact of their projects.
1.3 REGULAR PUBLICITY OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES:
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 Several MDAs have availed themselves of these media
windows to present their accomplishments. For
instance, the Ministry of Power embarked on a media
tour and maintains some programmes on both public
and private media stations to show progress on
various power sites. Ministries of Agriculture, Works,
Water Resources, and Transportation have deployed
the same strategy to good effect.
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 The FMI also arranged for Ministers and public
functionaries to appear on regular television and radio
programmes to discuss government policies. These
include Radio Link, Tuesday Night Live, One-on-One
and NAN Forum.
 The Federal Ministry of Information utilized the
private media, both print and electronic platforms. In
this regard, the Hon. Minister visited major media
organizations in the country to seek their support and
partnership in managing the county's reputation and
image. 80

 Press Conferences, Press Statements and Interviews
were used to publicize government activities during
the period under review.
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1.3.1 Federal Executive Council Briefing
o As part of the Strategic Communication channeling
process, the Federal Ministry of Information gave
summaries of the Weekly Federal Executive Council
Meetings at Federal Executive Council Press Briefings,
which enabled Nigerians to be correctly informed
about the various decisions, activities and actions
taken by the executive arm of Government.
o Press summaries of all major decisions taken at FEC
Meetings were produced and given to State House
correspondents, thereby enabling the media to
accurately report the activities of the Federal
Executive Council. 82

o The Minister also granted interviews on the weekly
Hausa programmes of international radio stations
such as BBC, VOA, Radio France International, Radio
Deutsche Welle, and Radio Nigeria Kaduna to publicize
decisions of the Federal Executive Council in Hausa
language as these stations have very wide listenership
within the country and the West Africa sub-region.
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o All decisions and pronouncements of the Federal
Government were regularly uploaded on the
Ministry's website. This initiative enabled greater
publicity and provided access to factual records of the
decisions reached at the FEC meetings and created an
opportunity for reactions or feedback from visitors to
the site.
84

Newly completed Federal Information Resource Centre, Sokoto, Sokoto State.
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The Ministry, in collaboration with the
National Planning Commission, embarked on
consultations to develop communication
strategies to sensitize the citizenry on Vision
20:2020 and Transformation Agenda.
A Joint Committee of the two Ministries
developed a draft programme of activities for
implementation in 2012 awaiting the official
presentation of the Transformation Agenda
blueprint by government.
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1.3.2. Federal Government Calendar and Diary
Since the ban on the printing of Federal
Government Calendar and Diary was lifted in
2011, the Ministry has exclusively produced and
distributed widely the 2012 and 2013 Federal
Government Calendars and Diaries for the first
time since 2003. This has provided an
enlightenment tool to socio-market the
Transformation Agenda as well as serves as a
veritable tool for image projection at home and
abroad.
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1.3.2. Federal Government Calendar and
Diary…Cont’d.
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The Ministry continued the publication of the
Federal Tenders Journals, which is a one-stop
shop for all government procurements, and
gave the public opportunity to partake in the
bidding process for all government contracts
and services in line with the Public
Procurement Act 2007.
Federal Government Calendar and Diary.. Cont’d
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1.3.3. Freedom of Information Act
The Ministry collaborated with agencies of the
governments of the US and Germany, on
capacity building for staff to deepen
understanding of the working of the FOI Act.
The Nigerian Press Council (NPC) sensitized
253 journalists from the South-South, South-
West and South- East Zones on the provisions
of the FOI Act.
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Freedom of Information Act….Cont’d.
A one-day workshop on the FOI Act 2011 with the
theme: “Ensuring Transparency in Governance, The
FOI Act in Perspective”, was jointly organized by the
Federal Ministry of Information, the Office of the
Attorney-General of the Federation and the Nigeria
Union of Journalists (NUJ); at the Nicon Luxury Hotel,
Abuja, on December 11, 2012. The workshop was
attended by 386 Stakeholders, including participants
from the Ministry, journalists, civil society
organizations, lawyers, etc, with the objective of
enhancing their capacity to deal with issues arising
from and relating to the Act.
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(L-R) Minister of Information Mr. Labaran Maku, Commissioner for Information Rivers State Ibim
Semenitari and the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry Information, Mrs. Kehinde Ajoni, at a
workshop on Freedom of Information Act in Abuja.
Freedom of Information Act….Cont’d.
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1.4. Impact of Social Media FMI Website
One of the foremost achievements of the Ministry is its
official website on url www.fmi.gov.ng which recorded
470,360 Hits, translating to an average of 32.26
hits/visit between 1st and 14th December, 2012, thus
sustaining the uniqueness of FMI Website amongst
many websites of Ministries, Departments and Agencies
of Government in Nigeria.
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Picture shows a
Screen shot of
the Federal Ministry
of Information website

Impact of Social Media FMI Website…Cont’d.
 The Ministry's website recorded its greatest
hits of 2,039,109 from 39,923 visits in May,
2012, 1,191,682 hits in June, and 1,125,696
hits in October, 2012. The hits in May 2012
coincided with the Ministerial Platform while
those in October were recorded with the take
off of the National Good Governance Tour.
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The online presence and interactions are indicative
of a conscious and continued engagement with the
Ministry's publics. FMI Website also enables greater
publicity and provides access to factual records on
governance.
visitors to the Federal Ministry of Information
website came from across Nigeria, the United States,
Great Britain, Russian Federation, Sweden, France,
China, Slovenia, South Africa, Ireland, Japan,
Netherlands, Malaysia, Canada, Turkey, Trinidad and
Tobago, India, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates,
Ukraine, Israel, Belgium, Romania and others. 95

It is also remarkable that Internet Search Engines
made it possible for visitors to access the Federal
Ministry of Information resources. Top on the list
of the search engines which directed internet
traffic to the Ministry's website include Google,
Yahoo, Microsoft Bing, Yandex, MyWebSearch,
Microsoft Windows Live, Ask, Google (Images),
Spray, NetEase, Rambler and indeed there were
links made from an external page, that is, other
websites except search engines.
96

1.4.1. FMI Social Media Platform
The additional initiative of deploying social
media – Facebook, Twitter and YouTube -- to
engage the youths and the Diaspora came up
during the fuel subsidy crisis. The social
media outlets were also utilized during the
Ministerial Platform in May, 2012. The
initiative became much more justified and
rewarding to the communication efforts of
FMI during the National Good Governance
Tour (NGGT).
97

FMI Social Media Platform…Cont’d.
Arrow indicating number of Likes on FMI Facebook Account
98

FMI Social Media Platform…Cont’d.
99

1.4.2. National Portal
National Portal: The Ministry conceived the idea
in 2005 to design a world-class national Portal
www.nigeria.gov.ng charged with the mandate
of managing and disseminating information on
government policies, programmes and activities
to Nigerians and those with vested interest in
Nigeria.
100

National Portal….Cont’d.
Where we are now
Unfortunately, due to inadequate funding, the
portal could not be sustained for long and by
mutual agreement it was taken down in 2009.
Efforts to resuscitate the National Portal
continued until 2011 when the IT Department
was granted approval to redesign it.
102

Development of the National Portal has reached an
advanced stage, i.e. technical design is about 90-95%
completed.
Content Development has gone far.
Most MDAs have started to make positive
contributions to content sourcing.
Possible Content Sourcing include NTA news, FRCN
news, Council Meetings, Presidential speeches,
Government news Bulletins, Press Statements,
Ministers' Speeches, Procurement Information,
Recent events with pictorial backups. 103

58 Major International Language Translation
platforms
Presidential Blog; Unlimited email accounts
Investment opportunities in Nigeria
Immigration; Tax matters; Tourism
destination; Social media centre; Weather
update /Currency converter.
104

The new face of the National Portal
www.nigeria.gov.ng
The new portal is divided into the following
sections:
Home Page
About Nigeria
States (All the states of the Federation)
Government (The Executive, Legislature, and
Judiciary)
E-Government (Citizens Forum, Blogs, Petitions,
All Government electronic transactions)
105

www.nigeria.gov.ng...Cont’d.
The Administration (The Jonathan Administration)
Issues (All Government Sectors)
Media (Document, Speeches, Policy Statements,
Photos, Videos, News, Archive, Newsfeed)
106

Other features of the National Portal
Provision for near instantaneous dissemination of
information on Nigeria news, concepts and initiatives
to selected target audiences.
Provision for any stakeholder to retrieve accurate and
up-to-date information from around the world on
Nigeria.
Provision for a one-stop resource portal for information
on Nigeria, and aggregate the numerous on-going
reform initiatives of the Federal Government for its
dispersed stakeholders communities
107

Provision for effective search engine/search
engine registration.
Provision for opportunities to communicate
special bulletins such as news highlights on
Nigeria, press releases and special
communication on Federal Government's
position on topical matters.
Provision for content mirroring.
Provision for video streaming and discussion
or online chat forum, e.g. Town hall meetings.
108

Facebook Page YouTube Page
109

1.5. DOMESTIC PUBLICITY:
The Ministry designed special campaigns:
In the period under review, the Ministry
recorded appreciable impact, among which are
the following:
Promotion of Made-in-Nigeria Goods
Support from the World Bank in the campaign
to eradicate Avian Flu in Nigeria
1.5.1. SPECIAL CAMPAIGNS
110

DOMESTIC PUBLICITY: SPECIAL CAMPAIGNS…Cont’d.
Sensitization programme: The Great Greenwall
Programme (GGW).
In line with the agreement reached at the National
Council for Shelter and Afforestation, held in
February 2013 in the Vice President’s Conference
Room, State House, Abuja, the Federal Ministry of
Information has commenced sensitization/awareness
campaign on the important environmental issues
relating to drought and desertification and also
mobilizing all relevant stakeholders in the
implementation of the programme in the frontline
States i.e. Kano, Bauchi, Gombe, Katsina, Yobe,
Adamawa, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Jigawa states.
111

DOMESTIC PUBLICITY:
SPECIAL CAMPAIGNS…Cont’d.
112

Deregulation of the Down Stream Sector of the Oil
Industry
The Ministry, prior to the oil subsidy crises, developed a
comprehensive multi-media strategy to sell the policy to
the public.
The Ministry was confronted with a crisis management
situation when the policy took off on January 1, 2012,
and had to deal with the challenges through the following
initiatives:
Toured major media houses to explain the policy and
seek their cooperation on public enlightenment.
Organized town hall meetings to explain the benefits of
the policy.
113

Industry…Cont’d.
Facilitated appearances on media platforms by
various Ministers and the CBN Governor to
present the issue in favour of deregulation to the
public.
FRCN and NTA produced and aired enlightenment
jingles on deregulation benefits.
Organized interactive discussion programmes on
NTA on the Policy and engaged in exchange of
ideas and debates with the youths through the
social media.
114

Industry…Cont’d.
In collaboration with the Federal Ministry of
Transport the Ministry organized a
Stakeholders meeting in Lagos to seek support
for the deregulation policy.
Using the multi-media approach, the Ministry
was able to change the perception about
deregulation among the people favourably,
even though there was opposition to its
timing.
115

1.5.2. SECURITY AWARENESS
In collaboration with the Office of the National Security
Adviser, the Ministry launched a national peace and
security campaign to sensitize Nigerians on the
challenges posed by increasing acts of terrorism and
insecurity.
Convened Emergency National Council on
Information where Stakeholders took specific steps
for public enlightenment and mobilization against
terrorism and criminality. The collaboration led to
the establishment of Public Security Awareness
Committees by State Governments.
116

Ensured that campaign messages on security
reached the grassroots through State
broadcasting stations, particularly in the
Northern States. Private media also joined the
campaign against terror. Some newspapers,
e.g. The Guardian dedicated weekly pages to
security issues.
117
SECURITY AWARENESS…Cont’d.

As a result of the campaign, Nigerians became more
security conscious. Churches, mosques, motor parks,
and airports, hotels, hospitals and other public
places accordingly beefed up security measures.
In recognition of the large following Hausa service
broadcast of foreign radio stations have in Northern
Nigeria, the Ministry reached out to these stations
through interviews and participation in their popular
news and current affairs programmes to enlighten
listeners in the North on the dangers of terrorism
and insecurity on the development of the region.
118

This helped to sensitise the people of the North,
and largely isolated terror groups which seek to
use the media to either divide the public or cause
fear or panic through threat messages and violent
attacks on innocent citizens.
The Federal Ministry of Information disseminated
messages showing clearly how terror groups
were destroying economic and social progress in
Northern Nigeria. This turned most people in the
region against the activities of terror groups.
119

The Ministry's consistent messaging, to a large
extent, contributed to diffusing Boko Haram's
objective of causing religious acrimony between
Christians and Muslims, and between the North and
the South.
This approach completely undermined the deception
promoted by the group that their terror campaign
was to promote Islam or the interest of the North. As
a result of the vigorous publicity campaigns, elders,
political parties, community and opinion leaders in
the North were galvanised to speak out against Boko
Haram. 120

Peace Building and Crisis Communication
initiatives were also made through the
Ministry which facilitated access to media
platforms for youth groups striving to promote
dialogue and peaceful co-existence in the
North. The youth wings of the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Jama'atul
Nasri Islam (JNI) started to work with the
Ministry to promote Christian-Muslim
dialogue against terrorism. 121

The Ministry started a pilot programme for
peace in Jos in partnership with Civil Society
Organizations, and Faith-based groups to
facilitate dialogue/reconciliation between
warring communities, in order to promote
understanding, reconciliation, amity and
peace for sustainable restoration of normalcy
to Jos and its environs.
122

The Ministry built on the example of communities
such as Dadin Kowa and Maiyango Low-Cost in Jos,
which came together in the wake of the ethnic and
sectarian crisis in Jos, to resist the spread of crisis to
these areas. For ten years, they stood out
successfully against extremism and hatred in their
communities. The Ministry worked to export this
model community’s wisdom and cooperation to
other areas in Jos and other parts of Northern
Nigeria and the nation as a whole.
123

The Ministry's campaign for peaceful co-
existence in Jos, Plateau State, was in
collaboration with some Non-Governmental
Organisations under the auspices of “Citizens
Action for Peace”. Under this campaign, a
network of peace practitioners was formed
and its members trained in Jos.
124

Various items promoting peace on the Plateau were
printed such as Caps, T-shirts, Flyers, Posters and
Pamphlets.
Radio and Television jingles on peaceful co-existence
in Plateau State were produced. The jingles are still
running on NTA Jos and Highland FM, Jos.
The Pilot Peace Project in Jos would be replicated in
other communities in the North to foster unity
through joint action to prevent crisis and build peace
based on mutual trust, confidence and vigilance
against extremism and criminality.
125

NTA and FRCN also produced several jingles on
peace and security, which were aired on
television and radio stations.
Other activities involving security issues include
the Ministry's collaboration with BEN TV based in
United Kingdom to publicize the efforts in Nigeria
to fight terror and crime. BEN TV organized a
forum in London for Nigerians in Diaspora where
the Federal Ministry of Information provided
details of efforts to stabilize the situation.
126

To sustain the media campaign on security, contact
was made with the Office of the National Security
Adviser for the 2nd phase of the security campaign
to promote security consciousness and awareness in
the public domain. A programme was also
developed for the 2nd phase of the Security
Awareness Campaign.
The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) in its quest to
promote unity and peaceful co-existence in Plateau
State collaborated with the State Government to
produce documentary films for the State titled –
“Drums of the Plateau”, “The Home of Vegetables”,
“Plateau the Peaceful”. 127

ACHIEVEMENTS OF PARASTATALS
1.6. FEDERAL RADIO CORPORATION OF NIGERIA (FRCN)
The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) is the largest
radio network in Africa with 32 FM Stations located across the
country. In fulfilling its mandate, the Corporation has
continued to provide a platform for grassroots participation in
governance. FRCN broadcasts in English and 15 local
languages estimated to reach over 120 million listeners daily.
FRCN Enugu 128

ACHIEVEMENTS OF PARASTATALS…Cont’d.
FRCN zonal stations in Kaduna, Ibadan and Enugu
regularly host government functionaries for live
audience participation programmes in Igbo, Yoruba and
Hausa. The programmes provide a forum for
contribution of Nigerians to the governance process
across the six geopolitical zones.
FRCN has increased the number of public
accountability programmes in its local and network.
These include Radio Link, One-on-One, Issues of the
Moment, Play of the Week, and Perspectives.
129

The Corporation has also introduced people -
oriented network programmes such as Eagle
Square; know your Right, Platform Africa and
This Week Network Africa which features
Ministers in interactive sessions with the
public every week. From 2011 – 2013, the
Corporation added three national stations:
130

S/N Zonal Stations Location Broadcast Language
1 South South Yenagoa English, Izon, Urhobo, Efik, Edo
and Igbo
2 North Central Makurdi English, Tiv, Igala, Nupe, Hausa
and Berom
3 North East Maiduguri English, Hausa, Kanuri and
Fulfulde
131

FRCN News and Programmes are being streamed on-
line on social media networks, as well as on mobile
applications such as ipads, iphone, androids etc,
while the Corporation’s newly sourced Tieline (codec
& commander), satellite phone, Google plus
contributed immensely to the successful coverage of
Ministerial Platform and National Good Governance
Tour.
To strengthen its manpower potentials, the
Corporation has trained 914 of its staff in core
operational areas such as Radio Journalism,
Presentation, Production, Engineering, Studio
Management and Marketing. 132

1.7. Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
The organization completed the upgrade,
refurbishment, installation, and delivery of Broadcast
equipment of the 9metre earth station at the National
Stadium, Abuja. Purchase of 6nos High Definition OB
Vans; Supply of 6nos Flyaway Satellite News Gathering
(SNG) equipment and Upgrade of editing facilities and
other broadcast equipment at the International
Broadcast Centre (IBC) from standard to high definition.
133

NTA E-Library, Abuja. NTA/StarTimes Studio, Abuja.
134

Completion of 4 community Stations: NTA
Argungu, Akwanga, Oturkpo and Ankpa. These
Stations commenced full transmission to their
respective local audience in December 2011.
NTA is now positioned for High Definition
Broadcasts and signal distribution to guest
broadcasters.
135

NTA Corporate Head Office, Abuja location of NTA stations nationwide
136

• The Authority employed 785 new staff for its 30
new community stations that have been opened
for operations.
• NTA-STARTIMES completed its Stations in 15 new
centres, namely, Kano, Ibadan, Port Harcourt,
Kaduna, Benin, Onitsha, Aba, Uyo, Enugu, Sokoto,
Jos, Makurdi, Ilorin, Yola and Sokoto. This has
brought the total number to 17. Asaba and its
environs receive signal from Onitsha.
137

Location of 15 new NTA/Startimes centres established in 2013
138

• NTA-STARTIMES have introduced mobile
television service to portable handset such as
mobile phone, MP4, GPS and other small
electronic devices. NTA - STARTIMES mobile
subscribers can now watch 12 digital
television channels which include news,
movies, entertainment, sports, etc.
139

Abuja-Up-link to Satellite Abuja-Monitoring System
140

The channels on NTA-STARTIMES have increased from 42
in December 2011 to 58 in January 2013. These are
divided into three bouquets, namely, Basic, Classic and
Unique.
The PAY TV sector of the economy used to be the
preserve of the rich but the introduction of Digital
Terrestrial Television (DTT) has made ordinary citizens of
Nigeria have an opportunity at an affordable rate to have
access to multiplicity of local and global channels.
The Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement
between NTA and Star Communications of China has
brought capital inflow into the Nigerian economy and
enabled the Federal Government to save funds for other
national priority projects. 141

NTA/StarTimes Lagos-Mushin
Business Hall
Lagos-Up-link Satellite
142

1.8. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA (NAN)
The News Agency of Nigeria has expanded its editorial
operations with the creation of more desks, including
Education, Gender, Health, Tourism and Judiciary, in
addition to the existing General News Service (GNS),
Economic News Service (ECONEWS), Sports News Service
(NANSPORTS), NANFEATURES, NAN-PHOTO Service and
Multimedia service.
NAN’s clients increased from less than 100 to 250 this
year aside the clients for NAN mobile (SMS) service¸ NAN
PR-wire, NAN Photo, NAN On-line advertising, NANweb
News. 143

From a text only Agency at inception in 1978, NAN has,
since 2007, become a multi-media organization which
now provides audio and video news clips for more than
50 radio and television stations across the country. This
has greatly boosted the broadcast contents of the
nation’s electronic media.
The daily production of audio and video clips has been
greatly aided by the construction of an ultra-modern
recording studio at its Abuja corporate headquarters and
the huge investment in Information Technology (IT) has
now assured the Agency a seamless editorial operation.
144

Although the Agency planned replicating the current
studio facility in Abuja at Lagos, Bauchi, Kaduna,
Enugu, Jos and Port Harcourt in the period under
review, it could only commence work on the Lagos
office studio which is now completed.
The Agency has recorded more than 450% rise in its
General News Service (GNS) output from an average
of 250 local and foreign stories or 50,000, words
daily by 2011, to 300 stories or 60,000 words per day
in the first quarter of 2013, and an average daily
output of 80 digital colour photo news to print-
media clients in 2013.
145

 The Agency has increased the daily news content of the
nation’s print media from 30% in 2011 to 40% in 2013. Also
35% of the daily news content of the nation’s broadcast
(radio) is from the Agency. NAN now puts out between 10-15
voice clips as compared to 7-8 in 2011. It maintains skeletal
video service to selected television stations and provides
audio services to radio stations in addition to text service.
 An increase in annual Internally Generated Revenue from
N68m in 2011 to N91.4m as at October 31, 2012 and N29.1m
was recorded in the first quarter of 2013.
 The Agency completed the renovation/upgrading of office
buildings in Enugu, Umuahia, Benin, Kaduna, and Bauchi
States – in addition to completion of more than 14 state
offices and a Media Studio and Cafeteria in Lagos NAN office.
146

It has also opened two additional offices in Nigeria,
bringing the number to a total of twelve for effective
rural coverage.
News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) locations nationwide
147

1.9. NIGERIAN FILM CORPORATION
The Federal Government is committed to the
sustained development of the film industry
and the promotion of the role of Nollywood,
Kannywood and Yoruwood to reflect better
technical output and high quality films which
will project Nigeria’s cultural values and the
image of Africans at home and in the
Diaspora.
148

The Nigerian Film Corporation collaborated with
the Plateau State Government, to produce three
(3) documentaries and three (3) film fillers. The
documentaries were meant to promote the State
as a tourist destination while film fillers were on
peace and security. The titles of the films are as
follows: (i) Documentaries: Drums of the Plateau’,
Plateau the Home of Vegetables’, Plateau the
Beautiful’ (ii) Film Fillers on Peace and Security:
“We lost it all’, ‘Dem Say Dem Say’, and
‘Watchman’.
149

1.10. VOICE OF NIGERIA
Level of listenership worldwide: With the
commissioning of the VON ultra-modern transmitting
station at Lugbe, Abuja, equipped with 3N0, 250KW
super power digital transmitters, one rotatable
antenna and two fixed curtain antennae – the
biggest in Africa and the ONLY one in Sub-Saharan
Africa, VON can now cover every part of the world in
crisp clear digital quality signals way ahead of the
2015 digital migration deadline. Listeners’ feedback
through letters, emails, website visit counter, physical
visits etc. are being received.
150

2.0. BUILDING A POSITIVE NATIONAL IMAGE AND
PROMOTING NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Enhancing Nigeria’s global reputation by projecting the
country’s cultural and socio-economic development
can be achieved using information as a powerful tool to
promote a positive national image and improved
national consciousness.
To realize this objective, a series of initiatives have been
deployed to address the fundamental issue of how
Nigeria is perceived as a country and how Nigerians are
perceived as a people.
151

Achievements
 The Ministry continued to encourage both public and private
media to promote the campaign on patronizing Made in
Nigeria Products in order to sustain employment in local
industries.
 The Federal Ministry of Information also grants interviews on
the weekly Hausa programmes of international radio stations
such as BBC, VOA, Radio France International, Radio Deutsche
Welle, and Radio Nigeria Kaduna to report all decisions of the
Federal Executive Council in Hausa language to the Hausa
foreign correspondents as these groups of correspondents
have very wide listenership within the country and the West
Africa sub-region.
152

 NAN re-opened two foreign offices in Abidjan and Addis
Ababa in addition to those in London, Johannesburg, and New
York. These offices have impacted positively on the image of
the country as they covered the A.U, U.N and other activities
of international and Diplomatic importance to the country.
 The Agency entered into news sharing agreement with the
German News Agency (DPA) on May 16, 2012, in addition to
the agreements with Reuters, AFP, XINHUA, PANA and the
Italian news agency, AGI.
 NTA opened two new international news bureaux in Germany
and China, bringing the total number of news bureaux to
seven. The other bureaux are in London – United Kingdom,
Washington D.C. – United States of America, Ottawa –
Canada, Accra – Ghana, Cairo – Egypt.
153

2.0.1. Nigerian Film Corporation
The Nigerian Film industry, as represented by Nollywood,
Kannywood and Yorowood, is perhaps the single biggest
positive story from Nigeria to the World in the last 20
years. The industry mainly driven by sector initiatives has
grown rapidly under the guidance of the Nigerian Film
Corporation (NFC) and National Film and Video Censors
Board (NFVCB) to the 2nd largest in the world in terms of
output.
The image of Nigeria and its people looms large across
Africa, the Carribean, the USA and the rest of the world
as a result of the growth in popularity of Nollywood.
154

Since assumption of office, President Dr. Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan identified the Film Industry for support. The
President through the Nigerian Export - Import (NEXIM)
Bank provided 200miilion Dollars for the industry which
is domiciled in the Bank of Industry (BOI). The Nigerian
Film Corporation is collaborating with the Bank for the
purpose of accessing funds for the Nigerian film industry.
During the period under review, meetings were held to
discuss the modalities for the collaborative effort which
will culminate in the signing of an MOU between the two
establishments.
155

 In close collaboration with the NFVCB, the NFC made
significant progress during the period, on the draft
policy/legal instruments meant to strategically reposition the
Nigerian film industry and make it globally competitive. The
draft policy/legal instruments were submitted to the Federal
Executive Council Secretariat in preparation for the
Honourable Minister of Information’s presentation at the
Federal Executive Council meeting. They are as follows:
– The Establishment of a Motion Picture Council of Nigeria
(MOPICON)
– National Film Development Fund (NFDF)
– National Film Village Development (NFVD)
– Reviewed (1992) National Film Policy for Nigeria
– Reviewed Nigerian Film Corporation Act and Change of
Name to Nigerian Film Commission. 156

Hitherto, several Ministerial Technical Committees were
set up to work on issues affecting the Nigerian film
industry. The Reports of the Committees which were
submitted to the Government, were harmonized and
fine-tuned while the draft Bills have were vetted by the
Federal Ministry of Justice.
The Nigerian Film Corporation represented the country in
a three-day meeting which held in Niamey, Niger
Republic and was organized by the African Union
Commission to examine and review the documentation
of the Feasibility Study and a draft Terms of Reference,
for the purpose of establishing the African Film
Commission (APC).
157

The Nigerian Film Corporation during the period under
review, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises
Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) on the 9th of
June, 2011. Consequently, the two agencies, jointly
organized a Business Entrepreneurial Training Workshop
for stakeholders in the Kano and Lagos zones.
The objective of the collaboration was to help establish
sustainable small and medium scale enterprises through
the provision of entrepreneurial training to the
practitioners in the Nigerian film industry.
158

 Also in furtherance to the collaborative effort, the
Corporation forwarded the Business Plans of 13 practitioners
to the Agency for onward submission to NERFUND. This was
to enable them access funds for their productions.
 The Corporation supported a few practitioners in the industry
both technically and financially during the period. This was in
spite of its financial constraints. In all, 10 industry
practitioners benefitted from the technical and financial
support.
 In line with the on-going re-organization/restructuring
exercise, the Corporation successfully relocated its office from
the National Theater Annex, Iganmu, to its newly acquired,
renovated and furnished office at Ikoyi, Lagos.
159

The NFC organized the 6th edition of the
Zuma Film Festival to promote and market
Nigerian films and motion industry within and
outside the country, as well as reward
excellence and creativity among practitioners.
As a global brand, the Zuma Film Festival has
witnessed steady growth with corresponding
increase in high profile participation over the
years.
160

The Film Corporation successfully carried out a
survey on selected areas of the film industry to
complete the UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Questionnaires on Feature Film Statistics, 2012. The
objective of the survey on feature film statistics is to
monitor global trends in selected areas of the film
industry namely production, distribution and
exhibition of feature and video films in Nigeria which
is carried out biennially. A similar submission made
to the Institute saw the Nigerian film industry being
elevated to the second position after Bollywood of
India in terms of the volume of films produced.
161

The NFC participated in several international film
festivals and markets. These programmes were
aimed at promoting and building a positive national
image and reward excellence and creativity in the
sector. The festivals and markets are:
Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles, California,
USA, February 2012
Cannes International Film Festival (Marche du Film),
France, May 2012
The Cannes International Film Festival was held from
the 6th – 27th of May, 2012.
162

The 2012 participation at the Cannes International Film
festival was unique as it witnessed inter-agency
collaboration between the Corporation, Nigerian Export-
Import Bank (NEXIM) and Federal Inland Revenue
Services (FIRS). The tripartite partnership was geared
towards stimulating co-production, enlightening
participants about the Tax regime/incentives as well as
eliciting direct investment in the film sector in Nigeria.
American Film Markets and Conferences, Santa Monica,
California, USA, October 30 – November 07, 2012.
163

2.0.2 VOICE OF NIGERIA
Language of Broadcast - VON broadcasts in 8
Languages and is in the process of introducing
Portuguese Service recently approved by
Management. VON is working together with the
Nigeria-Sao Tome & Principe Joint Commission and
the Embassies of some Portuguese-speaking
countries in Nigeria to employ the required
manpower for the Portuguese service.
164

News exchange agreements/MOU
with international agencies - In
addition to the already existing
Memorandum of Understanding
between VON and RFI, Deutschewelle,
Channel Africa; VON in now in the
process of signing three more MOUs
with Sarounniya FM Niger Republic,
Noun FM and Benue FM in Cameroun.
165

The Station with its state-of-the-art
transmitters and revolving antenna,
represents the biggest single investment in
radio broadcasting in Africa (in the last 20
years).
166

Complete Rotatable Antennae of VON at Lugbe, Abuja.
Commissioning of the Rotatable antennae in Lugbe, Abuja by
the Vice President Arc. Namadi Sambo alongside the Minister
of Information. Mr. Labaran Maku and D.G. VON Alh.
Abubakar Jijiwa
167

Nigeria is the 1st African country and the 7th
in the world to acquire this sophisticated
technology.
The Agency was recently elected into the
executive Committee of the prestigious
Association of International Broadcasters
(AIB) and the first and only African broadcast
stations to sit on the AIB Exco.
168

2.0.3 NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO CENSORS
BOARD
The Board has conducted 7 Road Shows locally
in Lagos, Ibadan and Calabar (twice) and three
internationally in the United Kingdom, Kenya
and, Scotland.
A total of 672 films were received and verified
out of which 403 films were approved by the
Board in 2012. 169

During the period under review the Board
issued 165 licences to exhibitors/distributors
for the purpose of exhibition/distribution of
films and video works.
Eight public enlightenment campaigns were
carried out by the Operations Department of
the Board to check the proliferation of
pornographic materials.
170

The Board initiated and successfully organized its first
Consumer Parliament, which is an interactive session
where stakeholders in the industry gathered to pool
ideas together, especially as regards the quality of
films produced and how to improve on the
performance of the Board.
Under the close supervision of the Board, the film
industry has provided employment to millions of
Nigerians as Cameramen, Directors and Producers of
movies, Actors, Designers, lightening technicians etc.
171

The Board built and equipped a digital
preview theater in Lagos.
172

The cinema-going culture has risen in the
country. As a result, more cinemas are
opening up. There are eighteen (18) registered
cinemas in the country at present. One is
expected to be commissioned soon in Akwa
Ibom and will bring the number to nineteen
(19).
174

3.0. Providing an Effective Regulatory Environment
for the Media and Allied Industry
The main responsibility of government in growing
the economy is to create a legal framework that
encourages investment and competition. The
Ministry is evolving defined standards in the media
and allied industry to effectively monitor and
regulate an environment that encourages
investment and the observance of best practice.
175

3.0.1. National Broadcasting Commission
Monitoring of stations: The Commission carried out
effective monitoring of broadcast stations in 2012.
Consequently, breaches were detected and erring
stations sanctioned. In all, breaches reduced
tremendously in the 10 zones of the Commission.
Analyses of first, second and third quarters
Monitoring Reports showed substantial compliance
by broadcast stations with the Nigeria Broadcasting
Code. There is thus a reduction of breaches by 33%.
176

Local Content: Following the local content
policy enforced by the Commission, the family
belt hour has paved way for the production of
more local content in the broadcast industry.
The result is that the critical family belt is
completely Nigerian. Also key is that it has
created opportunities for local entrepreneurs
and creative artistes to be meaningfully
employed.
177

Spectrum control (Enforcement, Inspection and
Monitoring): The Commission operates and maintains
three Mobile Vans with IT–based spectrum analysers
for AM, VHF and UHF signals. This is to monitor and
enforce compliance with broadcast standards. The
Commission has also acquired SMS4DC (Spectrum
Management System for Developing Countries).
Multiplexing, amplification and redistribution of
MMDS, DTH and terrestrial TV signals for monitoring
within the office in the headquarters and the Zonal
offices has been carried out. The Commission also
resolved cases of interference among stations.
178

Volicon Monitoring Equipment: To ensure
proper recording and retrieval of programmes,
Volicon digital monitoring and recording
equipment were installed in four zones and
headquarters, while work on six zones is
ongoing. This is to facilitate monitoring of
broadcast stations across the country for 24
hours daily.
179

Processing of applications for broadcast licence:
Currently, the Commission processes only
applications for Radio Broadcast Licence. This is due
to the on-going transition from analogue to digital
terrestrial television broadcast. Applications for
Television Broadcast Licence will only be entertained
after switch over in 2015.
Frequency Assignments: Frequencies were assigned
to some licenced FM Radio operators.
181

Also the Commission carried out pre-commissioning
inspection of broadcast stations - Silverbird TV,
Abuja; GOTEL FM, Yola; Orange FM, Akure; Murhi
Television and Star FM, Ibadan; Lagos Traffic Radio,
Lagos; Details Mobile TV, Lagos; Vibes FM, Benin;
ESBS, Ihiebre; Liberty FM, Kaduna; Galaxy Television,
Akure; and Babcock Campus FM, Ilesan-Remo. It
equally carried out pre-commissioning inspection of
Campus Radio Stations, in addition to the inspection
of facilities for Campus Radio in higher institutions of
learning wishing to apply for Campus Radio FM
licence.
182

Use of National language on Broadcast Stations: The
Commission developed a template for census on
languages of broadcast in stations in Nigeria. This is to
assist in encouraging the use of indigenous languages in
broadcast stations in the country.
Stations audit: To actualize the Commission’s plans of
having a comprehensive data of all the stations in Nigeria
including the status of the stations, the Commission
successfully audited stations in Ibadan and Benin zones.
The report showed that many stations did not satisfy the
basic code requirements on News, Children programming
and off-air recording. This will be followed by audit of
stations in Kaduna and Sokoto zones. Zones in Abuja,
Uyo, Lagos and Enugu have already been audited.
183

The National Broadcasting Commission has ensured
that the principles of political broadcasting are
strictly adhered to in terms of equity, fairness and
balance in the coverage of political parties through
jingles on radio and television. At present, the
Commission is organizing workshops, seminars and
stakeholders meetings in preparation for the 2015
elections. This would go a long way in elevating the
integrity of future elections in the country.
184

The 6th edition of the Broadcasting Code was ratified
by Stakeholders in the broadcast industry in Uyo in
2012 and copies made available to every
broadcasting station in Nigeria and the general
public.
Monitoring of Stations - The Commission carried out
effective monitoring of broadcast stations in period
under review. Consequently, breaches were detected
and erring stations sanctioned. In all, breaches
reduced tremendously in the 10 zones of the
Commission.
185

3.0.2. Nigerian Press Council
Inventory of newspapers and magazines: The
Council by law carries out documentation of
newspapers in the country. An inventory
survey was conducted across the country,
revealing 294 Newspapers and 129 magazines.
186

Some Nigerian daily newspapers Scanning newspapers with WideTek 36 DS
187

Fostering Ethical and Professional Standards:
The Council from its daily monitoring of
newspapers and magazines creates a quarterly
breach profile from which it determines the
level of compliance of journalists with the
Code of Ethics, to improve the regulatory
environment.
188

Nigerian Press Council Library, Abuja
189

Protecting the Rights and Privileges of
Journalists in the Lawful Performance of their
Duties: Council intervenes by written letters to
security outfits and political entities in clashes
with journalists. Council advises against
recourse to extrajudicial methods or actions,
so as not to inhibit the press in the
performance of its lawful duties of monitoring
governance.
190

Resolution of Complaints: Council uses the
direct resolution mechanism in acting on
complaints it receives on newspaper
publications bordering on perceived
infractions of ethics, falsehood and malice.
This process enables Council to achieve a
workable resolution of such complaints by
aggrieved parties. Council handled 12 such
complaints in 2012.
191

3.0.3. Advertising Practitioners Council of
Nigeria
APCON monitors and supervises sales
promotion programmes of companies with a
view to ensuring that they do not exploit
consumers or deceive them in any way. By the
end of the first quarter 2013, a total of 10,041
adverts and promotions were vetted.
192

 Illegal Practitioners: A total of one hundred and sixty
four (164) names have been identified so far. Out of
these names, the first and second letters of warning and
calls to regularize had been written to ninety-five (95)
persons. A total of forty-six (46) names were forwarded
to the Police for enforcement. Some of the names were
cleared because they have the Nigerian Institute of
Marketing Certification. Some of the identified persons
have also complied by purchasing the Executive
Professional Examination forms and writing the
qualifying examinations. Others also enrolled for
APCON’s professional Diploma in Advertising programme.
193

High-rise Enforcement Hydraulic Crane of APCON Monitoring and Enforcement Trucks of APCON
194

Certification of advertising courses and
inspection of facilities in 8 selected tertiary
institutions.
BON/APCON Round Table Conference held to
sensitize the Broadcasting Organizations of
Nigeria on the need to be conversant with the
provisions of the Code of Advertising Practice
and Sales Promotion, as well as seek co-
operation in promoting compliance.
195

APCONs’ Code of Advertising Practice.
196

Sectoral collaboration/workshops which
discussed emerging professional
practice/social issues and their consequences.
The Council registered a total number of 921
advertising practitioners within the period
under review.
197

4.0. PRESERVATION OF NIGERIA’S ARCHIVAL
HERITAGE
Under the provisions of the National Archives Act of
1992, the National Archives of Nigeria serves as an
information bank and is mandated to locate,
assemble and rationalize the documentary source
material of the country and preserve them
permanently for research and other purposes.
It also restores and preserves historical records
through conservation activities.
198

4.0.1. National Archives
Preservation of all archives in its Repositories
nationwide. 10,000 endangered records repaired.
Survey of records created by all records creating
agencies for the acquisition of all archival
materials adjudged worthy of permanent
preservation. In 2012, a total of 50,000 records
acquired from different agencies with visits to
100 Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
199

Training of Departmental Records Management
Officers in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies
as provided by law. In 2012, 120 Records Officers
service-wide were trained in records and Archives
Administration.
Automation/Digitization: Federal Gazettes from 1920
to 1990 were automated while some record groups
in the repositories were digitized within the period
under review to ensure security of the original
materials and to make them more accessible.
200

4.0.2. National Film and Videos Censors Board
 The NFVCB successfully digitized about
18,000 copies of movies from VHS to DVD
copies, thus facilitating the preservation of
Nigeria’s archival heritage.
201

4.0.3. Nigerian Film Corporation
During the period under review, the National
Film, Video and Sound Archive (NFVSA) of NFC
acquired 59 items comprising films (40) and other
related materials such as books (1), journals (4)
and posters (14) for preservation in the Archive.
These materials were acquired through
donations.
The NFC also succeeded in acquiring and
installing an Automated Shelving System for
preservation at the Archive.
202

5.0. PROVISION OF POLICY AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
The Ministry is also involved in the provision of
policy and administrative services for the
smooth and efficient running of the Information
Sector. It does this by initiating policies through
the National Council on Information and hosting
of stakeholders interactions.
Regular meetings of National Council on
Information (NCI)
203

PROVISION OF POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES…Cont’d.
Adoption of National Good Governance Tour
by the NCI in Calabar, 2011.
Adoption of Campaign Against Terrorism at
the NCI in Abuja, 2011.
Coordination of information across the three
levels of government.
204

5.0.1. STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT
The Ministry held its 43rd National Council on
Information (NCI) with the theme “Information
Management for Good Governance and National
Transformation” from the 12th-13th December 2012
where it resolved after exhaustive deliberations, as
follows: that the National Good Governance Tour is an
effective way of showcasing efforts of government at
all levels and encouraged States to support the
initiative of the Federal Ministry of Information.
That States be encouraged to implement the Freedom
of Information Act.
205

STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT…Cont’d.
That Federal and State Ministries of
Information should further collaborate and
intensify public enlightenment on
environmental challenges and national
security. In this regard, States are encouraged
to vote funds for public enlightenment while
designs of specific strategies and publications
are made available for implementation by the
Federal and State Ministries of Information.
206

States Delegates at the 43rd National Council on Information, Abuja. Information Minister, Mr. Labaran Maku and the Permanent
Secretary, Mrs. Kehinde Ajoni
207

NUJ President Comrade Mohammed Garba, Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku and other dignitaries at the 2012
Colloquium on Peace and National Security organized by the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abuja Council.
208

STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT…Cont’d.
Advocacy meetings organized by the Advocacy
Unit of the Ministry on International
Convention issues and Government policies
relating to Population, Gender, Women and
Child Rights in collaboration with United
Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and United
Nations Fund for Population Activities
(UNFPA).
209

5.0.2. Other activities include:
Meeting with the National Union of Textile, Garment
and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria to devise strategy for
promoting the use of Made-in-Nigeria fabrics among
Nigerians. As a follow-up to the meeting, the Federal
Ministry of Information mounted a media campaign to
sensitize Nigerians on the national economic benefits
of buying Made-in-Nigeria goods. A statement was
released, advising Ministries, Department and Agencies
to patronise Made-in-Nigeria goods as a matter of
policy priority.
210

Other activities include:..Cont’d
Meeting with management of the National
Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in
Persons where the Federal Ministry of
Information and NAPTIP agreed to collaborate
in the fight against human trafficking through
advocacy and capacity building.
211

Delivered a lecture to officers from the directorate
level in the public, private and security services at
the Institute of Security Studies, Bwari, Abuja, on
‘Perception Management and the Transformation
Agenda” where the Honourable Minister argued
that the consistent implementation of the
Transformation Agenda would change the perception
of Nigerians towards the Jonathan Administration.
212

Cross-section of participants at the International Security Conference on Africa in London
213

Nigeria Press Council partnered with UNESCO
to organize a one day seminar for the Press
Freedom day with the theme “Safe to Speak:
Securing Freedom of Expression in all Media
on May 2, 2013.
214

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION IN ABUJA: Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku (L), with the Head, EU Delegation To Nigeria And ECOWAS, Amb.
David Macrae, At the 2013 World Press Freedom Day Celebration
in Abuja.
215

Minister of Information Mr. Labaran Maku in the studio of BBC World
Service in London
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Minister of Information Mr. Labaran Maku interacting with the
BBC Hausa Service
216

Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku addressing Nigerians in New York City on the occasion to mark Nigeria's 52nd Independence
Anniversary organized by Nigerians in America. 217

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN
Prof. Joy Ogwu, Information Minister Mr. Labaran
Maku, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the US Prof. Ade
Adefuye, UN Special Adviser on Post 2015
Development Planning, Mrs. Amina Az-Zubair and
other dignitaries at Nigeria’s 52nd Independence
Anniversary Parade in New York
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN Prof. Joy
Ogwu, Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku, Nigeria’s
Ambassador to the US Prof. Ade Adefuye, UN Special
Adviser on Post 2015 Development Planning, Mrs. Amina
Az-Zubair and other dignitaries at Nigeria’s 52nd
Independence Anniversary Parade in New York
218

The NFVCB held 10 interactive sessions with its
stakeholders including the sessions held in
Glasgow and India, after the film festivals in the
two countries.
 “Alcohol Marketing and Marketing
Communications Summit” was organized by
APCON in collaboration with Beer Sectoral Group
(BSG) and International Centre for Alcohol
Policies (ICAP) to sensitize stakeholders on
Advertising Rules and Regulations.
219

NTA TV Enterprises promoted foreign investments via
collaboration with African Business Forum to host
New York Investment Summit. It also collaborated
with the Ministry of National Planning and the
Ministry of Trade & Investment to host the 2nd NTA
London Investment Forum and Exhibition focusing on
Concessionary projects and franchise opportunities
in 2013. It is partnering with Guaranty Trust Bank to
commercialize NTA Business Centres via conversion
to e-banking gallery and business centres.
220

POLICY
National Broadcasting Commission
Broadcast Policy: The Commission is updating and
producing a clean draft of the Broadcast Policy
document. Inputs are still being received.
 The Nigeria Broadcasting Code: During the
period under review, the Commission embarked
on the production of the 6th edition of the
Nigeria Broadcasting Code, the working
document produced in consultation with industry
stakeholders. The document was edited, printed
and now being circulated.
221

TRAINING
 A one-day workshop on Freedom of Information Act
2011 jointly organized by the Federal Ministry of
Information, the Office of the Attorney-General of
the Federation and the Nigeria Union of Journalists
(NUJ) held at the Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja on
December 11, 2012. The workshop was attended by
386 stakeholders including participants from the
Ministry, journalists, civil society organizations,
lawyers, etc, with the objective of enlightening
participants on the provisions of the FOI Act and
enhancing their capacity to deal with issues arising
from and relating to the Act.
222

National Broadcasting Commission
 To ensure that all stations are adequately
educated on the provisions of Phone-in
programmes, the Commission in November
2012 held a national workshop on phone-in
programmes. Before then, a training retreat
for Monitoring officers to ensure that stations
do not commit breaches, particularly in some
key areas such as hyping, trado-medical
adverts, political adverts, was held at Ada,
Osun State.
223

Participants at the Broadcasting & Social Responsibility
Workshop 2013 organised by
NBC in Katsina.
224

National Broadcasting Commission…Cont’d.
To ensure improved political reporting, a
proposal for partnership with INEC for the
training of political reporters and editors was
designed and approved for 2013.
225

Nigerian Film Corporation
In 2012, the National Film Institute, which is
the training arm of the Corporation,
successfully graduated twenty-three (23)
Degree students in Bachelor of Film Arts and
sixty-five (65) Diploma students in National
Innovative Diploma. Both programmes are
approved by NUC and NBTE respectively.
226

Nigerian Film Corporation… Cont’d
The Institute successfully matriculated 142
students (Diploma, 98 and Degree, 44) on the
30th of August, 2012.
Twenty-four (24) candidates were admitted
for the Diploma programmes while fifteen
(15) were given admission into the Degree
programme for the 2012/2013 academic
session.
227

National Film and Video Censors Board
Specialized Training and Software Development:
The Board is the only classification Board that
develops its programme software for
classification processes and following this,
initiated specialised IT processes training for
personnel.
Gave global exposure to industry practitioners via
strategic exposures and training at National
Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS)
Kuru, as well as in London and Los Angeles.
228

Nigerian Television Authority
The Nigerian Television College – an affiliate of
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduated
degree and diploma students in 2012. For the
first time in ABU, a degree student from the
college made a First Class Honours in Mass
Communication. One of the students in the
college won the Africast award for the best
documentary. The college also organized short
courses in: Basic Television Journalism; Non-
Linear Editing; Basic Presentation and On-line
Journalism within the period under review.
229

Digitization of the Broadcast Industry
The White Paper on the Report of the
Presidential Advisory Committee set up in
2007 was approved in May 2012. Already,
satellite broadcasters, cable operators and all
MMDS (microwave multipoint distributing
system) operators do digital transmission.
The NTA, through its partner Startimes, now
does digital Terrestrial transmission in sixteen
cities including Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Port
Harcourt, Kano, and Kaduna.
230

Digitization of the Broadcast Industry…Cont’d.
The Commission successfully organized hitch-
free transition workshops for all stations
across the country in 8 out of its 10 zones. The
Presidential Committee on analogue – digital
transition is in full gear and has articulated an
implementation strategy for the actualization
of the transition programme.
231

A Digi Team to oversee the transition was
inaugurated in December, 2012. This will lead to the
licensing of a new signal carrier and set-top boxes
manufacture.
The Digi Team will, among other things, work out
modalities for the splitting of broadcast services into
Broadcast Content Provision and Broadcast Signal
Distribution, as well as the conditions for the
operations of the Broadcast Signal Distributors.
232

The National Broadcasting Commission successfully
organized Africast 2012, the biennial Conference of
African broadcasters which held in Abuja. In line with
the digitization process, the Conference was
dedicated to Content for Digital Broadcasting. About
32 exhibitors participated while over 300 persons
from the industry attended.
233

GENERAL CONSTRAINTS
With the reduced allocation for overhead costs,
the Ministry is constantly being confronted with
serious challenges in meeting its operational
expenses. The Ministry is also confronted with
financial challenges in effectively managing its
over 54 Federal Information Centres and
National Archives Offices.
234

GENERAL CONSTRAINTS…Cont’d.
In the light of the above, it is essential that
adequate recurrent funds for the operational
needs of the Ministry in the years ahead are
provided for the Ministry to positively make
impact and proactively portray the good image
of the Government and its performance in
various sectors of the National economy.
235

CHALLENGES
The Nigerian Press Council (NPC) is locked in
legal battle over its powers to impose
sanctions on erring press organizations.
However, the Ministry is supporting the NPC
to push through legislation in the National
Assembly that will empower it to tackle some
of the abuses in the print media.
236

LOOKING AHEAD
The reopening of Nigeria Information Centres in
Nigerian Missions, to coordinate the external
publicity of Nigeria, its people and potentials to
enhance our nation’s reputation and attract
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country.
Vigorous and sustained publicity for the country
abroad, in collaboration with the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and the Nigerian Investment
Promotion Commission.
237

LOOKING AHEAD…Cont’d.
Enlightening and mobilizing the citizenry to
personalize, drive, and help realize Vision
20:2020, through a robust collaboration with
the Ministry of National Planning.
Publication of Federal Government Calendars
and Diaries, the Nigeria Monthly, the Federal
Tenders Journal, and other sectoral
publications of the Ministry.
238

Completion of the Federal Government Press
complex in Abuja, and the immediate
publication of all outstanding Federal
Government Gazettes and statutory
publications.
Extensive multimedia domestic publicity of
Government projects and programmes
nationwide, including greater synergy with the
MDAs in their media outreach activities.
239

Intensify Publicity campaign to sensitize the
public to be conscious of the security
challenges and mobilize them to take
measures that promote safety as well as co-
operate with security agencies to combat
terrorist acts.
240

Upgrading NTA and NAN to the status of
Aljazeera and Reuters respectively to enable
the two agencies serve as the main source of
news presenting the Afro-Centric perspective
in the coverage of global events.
Improving the standard and quality of
Nollywood productions.
Resumption of the National Good Governance
Tour.
241

CONCLUSION
The Federal Ministry of Information has repositioned
itself to facilitate regular conversation between the
government and stakeholders in the polity, to
enhance citizens’ participation, and to defeat divisive
tendencies, which often induce violence and
tensions in the polity. The Ministry has also focused
attention on the all-important issues of good
governance, accountability, transparency and
citizens’ participation in the governance process.
242

CONCLUSION…Cont’d
The Transformation Agenda is the bedrock upon
which priority policies, programmes and projects
are being implemented, to ensure the growth
and development of the Nigerian economy and to
improve the living standards of the Nigerian
people. Intensive sensitization and mobilization
of the citizenry, through the deployment of
robust communication strategies for effective
publicity and public information management, is
imperative for the implementation of the
Agenda.
243

Locations of proposed Nigeria Information Service Centres abroad.
244

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