Governor Obiano Gives NUJ Anambra 18 Seater Bus , Calls For Partnership To Actualize His Vision And Mission

Go–on spreading the News: Hon Commissioner for Information, Culture & Tourism, Chief Tony Onyima, handing keys to the 18-seater Nissan Bus donated to Anambra NUJ by Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano to the Chairman of NUJ Anambra, Mr Henry Nwasike, and the Secretary, Princess Ifeoma Anumba at Awka weekend. 

Odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com reports that there was jubilation weekend when the Governor of Anam­bra State, Chief Willie Obiano, presented an 18 seater bus to the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra state council at Havila Suite behind Old English after Government House, AWKA.
Obiano odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com appealed to members of the Nigeria Union of Journal­ists (NUJ) to join hands with him in building a new state that will reflect the aspira­tions and pride of Anambra people.

Speaking at a special one-day training organised for jour­nalists in Awka at the weekend, with the theme, “Onitsha: The Imperatives of Developmental Journalism,” Obiano assured the journalists that his admin­istration was fully aware of the enormous powers of the media, more so with the advent of the Internet and the subsequent ex­plosion of the social media.
The governor, who was rep­resented by the Commissioner for Information, Chief Tony Onyima, spoke passionately about his vision for Anambra, saying: “No leader, no mat­ter how great, can achieve a remarkable success without the full support of his people. We also know that a leader can only inspire change in his peo­ple if his vision and dreams are fully understood and accepted by his people.”
Governor Obiano added: “The crucial role of the mass media in national development can be located in the nexus between the vision of leader­ship and its understanding and acceptance by the people. The role of the mass media is to provide that critical link, that dual carriageway between the enunciated vision of leadership and its acceptance and eventual animation by the people.”
The governor described the theme of the training as very appropriate, in view of the swell of bad press that had trailed the commercial city of Onitsha for quite some time.
Said he: “The choice of this topic is highly instructive, as the ancient city of Onitsha car­ries a lot of significance in the history of the Nigerian press. As the hometown of the Right Honourable Dr. Nnamdi Aziki­we, the Great Zik of Africa and Nigeria’s foremost nationalist who fought the colonial mas­ters with his enormous journal­istic powers and left a monu­mental legacy for the Nigerian press, Onitsha will always be important to Nigerian journal­ism. And if Onitsha is impor­tant to Nigerian journalism, the rest of Anambra State will be important to the Nigerian press too.”
According to him, his ad­ministration had adopted a rev­olutionary approach in address­ing the numerous development challenges of Anambra State.Said he: “We have seen this in the war against criminals in Anambra State. We have seen it in the agricultural sector and in the flag-off of the construc­tion of new roads, bridges and other infrastructure in Anam­bra State. We have also seen it in the area of the environment. Just yesterday, I undertook an unscheduled tour of Onitsha and I saw a cleaner and saner city that is fast shedding off its old, rusty outlook.”
He, however, observed that without a steady and commit­ted support from the media, all his activities in the state would fall below the mark.
“That is why I am proud to announce here today that we have perfected plans to rebuild and reposition the Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) and the National Light News­paper to gain a sizable share of voice in the media market and help us spread the fire of our revolution to distant climes. I have no doubt that very soon; Ndi Anambra will see an all new ABS and National Light that will tell our stories in a more compelling way to the rest of the world,” the gover­nor assured. Obiano also paid glowing tributes to illustri­ous sons of the state, who had made their marks in journal­ism, pointing out that “Anam­bra State has produced some of Nigeria’s finest journalists. Apart from the Great Zik of Africa, Anambra has produced the feisty MCK Ajuluchukwu, the philosophical Mokwugo Okoye, the intellectual Okey Ikechukwu, the engaging Okey Ndibe.”