The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, has inaugurated Strategic Technical Working Group to enhance effective dissemination of information on humanitarian activities in Nigeria.
Farouq inaugurated the Group at a 3-Day Communications Strategy Technical Working Group Retreat on Monday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the members of the group comprises heads of media and publicity from the nine agencies under the Ministry of Communication, experts from UN and the academia.
Farouq stressed that the roles of the ministry’s communications, media and press teams, and that of the stakeholders and relevant partners were interrelated and interdependent.
“This underscores the need for them to work together in developing a strategy that cuts across board and works for all, whether state or non-state actors.
“Furthermore, establishing inter-governmental and inter agency communications networks and collaborations will encourage cohesion and improve the overall effectiveness of humanitarian interventions.
Credit: nnn
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