The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Works, Engr Stanley Lebechi Mbam has promised to work with journalists in the State to x-ray the good works of Governor Francis Nwifuru.
The Commissioner made this promise when the Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ paid him a courtesy visit in his Ministry at Ochoudo Centenary City, in Abakaliki the State Capital.
The Commissioner said “It is good to always have a synergy with every agency and your own is a very special one. Just like you say you have a golden pen, yes your pen is wonderful because you people promote the activities of the government and individual performances. I want to commend you for coming to identify with us. I have heard that you have said that you are willing to support us and partner with us. And I also want you to know that we are all willing to work with you at all given times”
“We will also strive to make sure that the government of Ebonyi State under Governor Francis Ogbanna Nwifuru succeeds more than his predecessors. I also want to encourage you to be your brother’s keeper by trying to promote the government. You can see that the Governor has started well. He is the first governor to hold a media chat and give his account of stewardship just in the first 152 days in office. He is very confident and very focused on getting things right and that is the step we are all following. The way the Governor moves is the way we are moving. So, we will always assure you of that synergy and cooperation”, he added.
On his part, the Correspondents’ Chapel Chairman, Comrade Uchenna Inya “We are here today to identify with one of our own. You are one of us because you are a very vibrant young man. Your appointment is one of the best His Excellency the Governor has made since his assumption of office. Suffice it to say that your appointment is a square peg in a square hole. You have been in the engineering sector and in the Ministry of Works sector, you have the experience and the capacity to turn things around in the works sector and you have started very well”
“That is why we say we have to come to partner with your laudable initiative so that we can continue to be part of it. And in the area of publicity, we want to assure you that we will give it to you 100% because we have the pen, we do not have silver and gold. But what we have is bigger than silver and gold which is the pen and you know it is mightier than the sword. We are here to assure you that we have sharpened the pen or made it sharper so that when we write we will know we are writing in a positive way because we are investigative journalists”
“We are developmental and peaceful journalists. We do not engage in destructive journalism. We are journalists who have content and characters that cover national dallies. We make things happen in the journalism world and any ministry that does not partner with us may not have that full publicity”, he added.
Dominica Nwabufo
