Minister scheduled to meet with media stakeholders

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has scheduled a series of meetings with stakeholders in the media industry, to foster better interaction.

According to Vanguard, the purpose of the meeting is to ensure proper information dissemination and also, to bridge the information gap between the government and the people.

The Special Adviser to the Minister, Segun Adeyemi said “the Minister will meet Newspaper Columnists on Thursday, January 21; Online Publishers on Friday, January 22; On Air Personalities (OAPs) on Saturday January 23 and Musicians from the six geo-political zones on Sunday, January 24.”

Adding that “Since assuming office, the Minister has met Civil Society Organizations and representatives of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) and Radio, Television, Theatre Workers Union (RATTAWU), among other stakeholders.”

All the meetings will be held in Lagos state.

This is coming on the heels of an undefinedof the 15 former governors and 55 Nigerians who he claimed stole N1.34 trillion between 2006 and 2013.