By Austin Ogwuda
DELTA State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori says he plans to use intelligence and inputs gathered from the citizens in the administration’s policy formulations and programmes.
He has therefore charged the new Commissioner for Information Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza to put on his thinking cap towards actualizing this aim.
Speaking at the swearing in ceremony, Thursday, Governor Oborevwori charged him to take the information management machinery of the State to a whole new level.
Said he, “I expect creativity and innovation in government communication in a way that ensures optimal, fact-based projection of the policies, programmes, achievements and activities of the government.
“One major shift I will like to see in the Information Ministry is for it to go beyond the information arena and engage in positive citizen engagement and mobilisation.
“It is my considered view that stakeholder perception audits must be integral to the operations of the information ministry.
“It should serve in the best traditions as a sensor, gathering intelligence and inputs from the citizenry that would form the basis of the policies and programmes of the government”, he added.
Also sworn in along with the Information Commissioner were Ekemejero Ohwovoriole, SAN as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and Prince Kelly Kalanama Penawou, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
