The newly appointed Director General (strategic communication and press affairs) to Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, Yakubu Lamai will be conducting a working tour of media organizations in Nasarawa
State beginning from 15 August 2018. MrLamai said that the purpose of this familiarization tour is to strengthen the relationship between Nasarawa State government under the stewardship of Governor Al-Makura and the media in the state and to specifically solicit the professional support of media organizations towards balanced media coverage prior to the 2019 Elections and constructive analysis of government actions and programs in Nasarawa State.
Lamai,who is an alum of the Ford foundation fellowship emphasized that he intends to adopt an approach of substance and constructive reasoning to the media management of the image of Governor Tanko Al-Makura given the fact that we live in a world of “information chatter” where citizens are bombarded by countless competing message where the lines between factual reportage, fake news, hate speech, political grandstanding and political campaign of sentiments is beclouding cogent development issues and constructive debate about how to improve the lives of ordinary citizens.
Yakubu lamai will be visiting media optimizations like NTA lafia , BBS lafia, FRCN Precious FM, options FM Akwanga, Eggon News, Equity TV, platinum TV keffi and Maloney FM and also hold extensive discussions with NUJ; Nigeria Union of journalists and The correspondents chapel in the course of his Two Day Media Tour.
