federal ministry of information

Federal Ministry of Information

Minister: Labaran Maku

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Table of Content-1• Parastatals• APCON: Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria-1

• APCON: Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria-2

• NPC: Nigerian Press Council • NBC: National Broadcasting Commission-1

• NBC: National Broadcasting Commission-2




• NFVCB: National Film and Video Censors Board-1



• FRCN: Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria-1

• FRCN: Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria-2

• NTA: Nigerian Television Authority-1




• NAN: News Agency of Nigeria-1



• NFC: Nigerian Film Corporation-1




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Table of Content-2• NFC: Nigerian Film Corporation-5



• VON: Voice of Nigeria-1

• VON: Voice of Nigeria-2

• Publicity-1

• Publicity-2

• Publicity-3

• Publicity-4

• Deregulation of the Downstream Sector of the Oil Industry

• The National Good Governance Tour-1

• Ilorin to Offa

• Multimedia Ministerial Platform

• Ministry Website

• Security Awareness and Anti-Terrorism Campaign-1




• Media Development

• Capacity Building

• Freedom of Information Act

• National Archives

• Other Highlights

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Parastatals

• National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)

• Nigerian Press Council (NPC)

• Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC)

• National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB)

• Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON)

• Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)

• Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN)

• Voice of Nigeria (VON)

• News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

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APCON: Advertising Practitioners

Council of Nigeria-1• “Alcohol Marketing and Marketing Communications Summit”

organised in collaboration with Beer Sectorial Group (BSG) and International Centre for Alcohol Policies (ICAP) to sensitize stakeholders on Advertising Rules and Regulations.

• Monitors and supervises sales promotion programmes of companies to ensure that they do not exploit consumers or deceive them in any way. By the end of the first quarter 2013, a total of 10,041 adverts and promotions were vetted.

• 164 illegal practitioners have been identified so far. The 1st and 2nd

letters of warning and calls to regularize have been written to 95 people. 46 names were forwarded to the Police for enforcement. Some people were cleared because they have the Nigerian Institute of Marketing Certification. Some have complied by purchasing the Executive Professional Examination forms and writing the qualifying examinations. Others enrolled for APCON’s professional Diploma in Advertising programme.

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APCON: Advertising Practitioners

Council of Nigeria-2• Certification of advertising courses and inspection of

facilities in 8 selected tertiary institutions.

• Round Table Conference held to sensitize the Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria on the need to be conversant with the provisions of the Code of Advertising Practice and Sales Promotion, as well as seek co-operation in promoting compliance.

• Sectorial collaboration/workshops which discussed emerging professional practice/social issues and their consequences.

• Registered a total number of 921 advertising practitioners between 2011 and 2013.

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NPC: Nigerian Press Council

• Partnered with UNESCO to organize seminar for Press Freedom day with the theme “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in all Media on May 2, 2013.

• Sensitized 253 journalists from the South-South, South-West and South- East Zones on the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

• An inventory survey of newspapers and magazines was conducted across the country, revealing 294 Newspapers and 129 magazines.

• Creates a quarterly breach profile from which it determines the level of compliance of journalists with the Code of Ethics through daily monitoring of newspapers and magazines.

• Council intervenes by written letters to security outfits and political entities in clashes with journalists and advises against recourse to extrajudicial methods or actions, so as not to inhibit the press in the performance of its lawful duties of monitoring governance.

• Uses direct resolution mechanism in acting on complaints about newspaper publications bordering on perceived infractions of ethics, falsehood and malice.

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NBC: National Broadcasting

Commission-1

• Carried out effective monitoring of broadcast stations in 2012. Breaches were detected and erring stations sanctioned. Led to reduction of breaches in the 10 zones of the Commission. Analyses of 1st, 2nd and 3rd

quarters reports showed with the Nigeria Broadcasting Code and a 33% reduction of breaches.

• Local content policy and family belt hour has paved way for the production of more local content in the broadcast industry. The critical family belt is completely Nigerian creating opportunities for local entrepreneurs and creative artists to be meaningfully employed.

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Commission-2• Operates and maintains three Mobile Vans with IT–based spectrum

analysers for AM, VHF and UHF signals to monitor and enforce compliance with broadcast standards. Also acquired SMS4DC (Spectrum Management System for Developing Countries). Multiplexing, amplification and redistribution of MMDS, DTH and terrestrial TV signals for monitoring within the office in the headquarters and the Zonal offices has been carried out. The Commission also resolved cases of interference among stations.

• Volicon digital monitoring and recording equipment used to ensure proper recording and retrieval of programmes, were installed in four zones and headquarters, while work on six zones is ongoing to facilitate constant monitoring of broadcast stations across the country.

• Currently processes only applications for Radio Broadcast Licence due to the on-going transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcast. Applications for Television Broadcast Licence will only be entertained after switch over in 2015.

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Commission-3• Frequencies were assigned to some licenced FM Radio operators.

• Carried out pre-commissioning inspection of broadcast stations: Silverbird TV, Abuja; GOTEL FM, Yola; Orange FM, Akure; MurhiTelevision and Star FM, Ibadan; Lagos Traffic Radio and Details Mobile TV, Lagos; Vibes FM, Benin; ESBS, Ihiebre; Liberty FM, Kaduna; Galaxy Television, Akure; and Babcock Campus FM, Ilesan-Remo.

• Carried out pre-commissioning inspection of Campus Radio Stations, in addition to the inspection of facilities for Campus Radio in higher institutions wishing to apply for Campus Radio FM licence.

• Developed a template for census on languages of broadcast in stations in Nigeria to assist in encouraging the use of indigenous languages in broadcast stations in the country.

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Commission-4• Successfully audited stations in Ibadan and Benin zones revealingthat

many stations did not satisfy the basic code requirements on News, Children programming and off-air recording. This will be followed by audit of stations in Kaduna and Sokoto zones. Zones in Abuja, Uyo, Lagos and Enugu have already been audited.

• Ensured that the principles of political broadcasting are strictly adhered to in terms of equity, fairness and balance in the coverage of political parties through jingles on radio and television. Organised workshops, seminars and stakeholders meetings in preparation for the 2015 elections.

• The 6th edition of the Broadcasting Code was ratified by Stakeholders in the broadcast industry in Uyo in 2012 and copies made available to every broadcasting station in Nigeria and the general public.

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Commission-5• Updating and producing a clean draft of the Broadcast

Policy document.

• Embarked on the production of the 6th edition of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, the working document produced in consultation with industry stakeholders. The document was edited, printed and now being circulated.

• Held a national workshop on phone-in programmes in November 2012. Held training retreat in Ada, Osun State for Monitoring officers to ensure that stations do not commit breaches, particularly in key areas like hyping, trado-medical and political adverts.

• Partnering with INEC to train political reporters (designed and approved for 2013).

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NFVCB: National Film and Video

Censors Board-1• Successfully digitized about 18,000 copies of movies from VHS to

DVD.

• Conducted 7 Road Shows locally in Lagos, Ibadan and Calabar(twice) and three internationally in the United Kingdom, Kenya and Scotland.

• Held 10 interactive sessions with stakeholders including sessions held in Glasgow and India, after the film festivals in the two countries.

• A total of 672 films were received and verified out of which 403 films were approved by the Board in 2012.

• Issued 165 licences for exhibition/distribution of films and video works between 2011 and 2013.

• 8 public enlightenment campaigns were carried out by the Operations Department of the Board to check the proliferation of pornographic materials.

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Censors Board-2• Initiated and successfully organised 1sr Consumer

Parliament, an interactive session where stakeholders gathered to pool ideas together, especially as regards the quality of films produced and how to improve on the performance of the Board.

• Film industry has provided employment to millions of Nigerians as Cameramen, Directors and Producers of movies, Actors, Designers, lightening technicians etc.

• Built and equipped a digital preview theatre in Lagos.

• Cinema-going culture has risen and more cinemas are opening up. There are 18 registered cinemas in the country at present. One is expected to be commissioned soon in Akwa Ibom.

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Censors Board-3

• Only classification Board that develops its programme software for classification processes and following this, initiated specialised IT processes training for personnel.

• Gave global exposure to industry practitioners via strategic exposures and training at National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, as well as in London and Los Angeles.

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FRCN: Federal Radio

Corporation of Nigeria-1• Largest radio network in Africa with 32 FM Stations located

across the country, broadcasting in English and 15 local languages estimated to reach over 120 million listeners daily.

• Continued to provide a platform for grassroots participation in governance.

• FRCN zonal stations in Kaduna, Ibadan and Enugu regularly host government functionaries for live audience participation programmes in Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa.

• FRCN has increased the number of public accountability programmes in its local network. These include Radio Link, One-on-One, Issues of the Moment, Play of the Week, and Perspectives.

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FRCN: Federal Radio

Corporation of Nigeria-2• Introduced people-oriented network programmes such as Eagle Square,

Know Your Right, Platform Africa and This Week Network Africa a weekly interactive session with Ministers.

• From 2011 – 2013, the Corporation added three national stations:– South South (Yenagoa): broadcasts ing English, Izon, Urhobo, Efik, Edo &

Igbo.

– Middle Belt (Makurdi): English, Tiv, Igala, Nupe, Hausa & Berom.

– North East (Maiduguri): English, Hausa, Kanuri & Fulfulde.

• News and Programmes are being streamed on social media and through mobile devices while the Corporation’s newly sourced Tieline (codec & commander), satellite phone, Google plus contributed immensely to the successful coverage of Ministerial Platform and National Good Governance Tour.

• Trained 914 of its staff in core operational areas such as Radio Journalism, Presentation, Production, Engineering, Studio Management and Marketing.

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NTA: Nigerian Television Authority-1

• Transforming NTA to a global brand that is comparable to CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, etc.

• Upgraded, refurbished, installed, and delivered broadcast equipment for the 9 metre earth station at the National Stadium, Abuja.

• Purchase of 6nos High Definition OB Vans, Supply of 6nos Flyaway Satellite News Gathering (SNG) equipment and Upgrade of editing facilities and other broadcast equipment at the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) from standard to high definition.

• Completion community Stations Argungu, Akwanga, Oturkpo and Ankpa which commenced full transmission to local audiences in December 2011.

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• Now positioned for High Definition Broadcasts and signal distribution to guest broadcasters.

• Employed 785 new staff for 30 new community stations.

• NTA-STARTIMES completed its Stations in 15 new centres: Kano, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Kaduna, Benin, Onitsha, Aba, Uyo, Enugu, Sokoto, Jos, Makurdi, Ilorin, Yola and Sokoto. This has brought the total number to 17. Also introduced mobile television service to mobile phone, MP4, GPS and other small electronic devices. Mobile subscribers can now watch 12 digital television channels which include news, movies, entertainment, sports, etc.

• Channels on NTA-STARTIMES increased from 42 in December 2011 to 58 in January 2013 and are divided into 3 bouquets: Basic, Classic and Unique.

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• Introduction of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) has given ordinary Nigerians the opportunity of affordable rates and multiple channels.

• The Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement between NTA and Star Communications of China brought capital inflow into the Nigerian economy and saved the Government funds.

• Opened 2 international news bureaux in Germany and China, bringing the total number to 7. The others are in London, Washington D.C., Ottawa, Accra and Cairo.

• Promoted foreign investments via collaboration with African Business Forum to host New York Investment Summit.

• Collaborated with Ministry of National Planning and Ministry of Trade & Investment to host 2nd NTA London Investment Forum and Exhibition on Concessionary projects and franchise opportunities in 2013.

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• Partnering with Guaranty Trust Bank to commercialise Business Centres via conversion to e-banking gallery and business centres.

• The Nigerian Television College, an affiliate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduated degree and diploma students in 2012.

• For the 1st time in ABU, a degree student from the college made a First Class Honours in Mass Communication.

• One of the students in the college won the Africast award for the best documentary.

• The college also organized short courses in: Basic Television Journalism; Non-Linear Editing; Basic Presentation and On-line Journalism.

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NAN: News Agency of Nigeria-1

• Transforming NAN as the authoritative agency covering the West African sub region and ultimately, to a continental status.

• Expanded editorial operations with the creation of more desks, including education, gender, health, tourism and judiciary, in addition to the existing General News Service (GNS), Economic News Service (ECONEWS), Sports News Service (NANSPORTS), NANFEATURES, NAN-PHOTO Service and Multimedia service.

• NAN’s clients increased from less than 100 to 250 this year besides the clients for NAN mobile (SMS) service¸ NAN PR-wire, NAN Photo, NAN On-line advertising, NANwebNews.

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• Daily production of audio and video clips aided by the construction of an ultra-modern recording studio at its Abuja corporate HQ and the huge investment in Information Technology (IT).

• Completed the Lagos office studio.

• Recorded more than 450% rise in its General News Service (GNS) output from an average of 250 local and foreign stories or 50,000, words daily by 2011, to 300 stories or 60,000 words per day in the first quarter of 2013, and an average daily output of 80 digital colour photo news to print-media clients in 2013.

• Increased daily news content of print media from 30% in 2011 to 40% in 2013. 35% of daily radio broadcast news content is from the Agency. Puts out between 10-15 voice clips as compared to 7-8 in 2011. Maintains skeletal video service to selected television stations and provides audio services to radio stations in addition to text service.

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• Increase in annual internally generated revenue from N68m in 2011 to N91.4m as at October 31, 2012 and N29.1m was recorded in the first quarter of 2013.

• Renovated office buildings in Enugu, Umuahia, Benin, Kaduna, and Bauchi and completed more than 14 state offices as well as a Media Studio and Cafeteria in Lagos NAN office.

• Opened 2 additional offices in Nigeria, bringing the number to 12 for effective rural coverage.

• Re-opened 2 foreign offices in Abidjan and Addis Ababa in addition to those in London, Johannesburg, and New York. They covered activities of international and diplomatic importance to the country.

• Entered into news sharing agreement with the German News Agency (DPA) on May 16, 2012, in addition to the agreements with Reuters, AFP, XINHUA, PANA and AGI.

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NFC: Nigerian Film Corporation-1

• Film industry mainly driven by sector initiatives has grown rapidly under the guidance of the NFC and NFVCB to the 2nd largest in the world in terms of output.

• The President through the Nigerian Export - Import (NEXIM) Bank provided $ 200miilion for the industry which is domiciled in the Bank of Industry (BOI).

• Collaborated with Plateau State Government to produce 3 documentaries to promote tourism – “Drums of the Plateau”; “The Home of Vegetables”; “Plateau the Peaceful” – and 3 film fillers on peace and security -“We lost it all”; “Dem Say Dem Say”; “Watchman”.

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• The Nigerian Film Corporation represented the country in a three-day meeting which held in Niamey, Niger Republic and was organized by the African Union Commission to examine and review the documentation of the Feasibility Study and a draft Terms of Reference, for the purpose of establishing the African Film Commission (APC).

• Collaborated with the NFVCB to draft policy/legal instruments to strategically reposition the Nigerian film industry and make it globally competitive through:– The Establishment of a Motion Picture Council of Nigeria

(MOPICON)

– National Film Development Fund (NFDF)

– National Film Village Development (NFVD)

– Reviewed (1992) National Film Policy for Nigeria

– Reviewed Nigerian Film Corporation Act and Change of Name to Nigerian Film Commission.

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• Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) on the 9th of June, 2011 to help establish sustainable small and medium scale enterprises through the provision of entrepreneurial training to the practitioners in the Nigerian film industry through a Business Entrepreneurial Training Workshop Kano and Lagos.

• The Nigerian Film Corporation represented the country in a three-day meeting which held in Niamey, Niger Republic and was organized by the African Union Commission to examine and review the documentation of the Feasibility Study and a draft Terms of Reference, for the purpose of establishing the African Film Commission (APC).

• Forwarded the Business Plans of 13 practitioners to the Agency for onward submission to NERFUND to enable them access funds for their productions.

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• Supported 10 practitioners in the industry both technically and financially in spite of its financial constraints.

• Successfully relocated its office from the National Theater Annex, Iganmu, to its newly acquired, renovated and furnished office at Ikoyi, Lagos.

• Organized the 6th edition of the Zuma Film Festival to promote and market Nigerian films and motion industry within and outside the country, as well as reward excellence and creativity among practitioners. As a global brand, the Zuma Film Festival has witnessed steady growth with corresponding increase in high profile participation over the years.

• The Film Corporation successfully carried out a survey on selected areas of the film industry to complete the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Questionnaires on Feature Film Statistics, 2012.

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• The objective of the survey is to monitor global trends in production, distribution and exhibition of feature and video films in Nigeria which is carried out biennially. A similar submission made to the Institute saw the Nigerian film industry being elevated to the second position in terms of the volume of films produced.

• Participated in several international film festivals and markets aimed at promoting and building a positive national image and reward excellence and creativity in the sector.

• The festivals and markets are Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, USA, February 2012; Cannes International Film Festival (Marche du Film), France, 6th – 27th May 2012; American Film Markets and Conferences, Santa Monica, California, USA, October 30 – November 07, 2012.

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• 2012 participation at Cannes was unique due to inter-agency collaboration with NEXIM and Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), geared towards stimulating co-production, enlightening participants about the Tax regime/incentives as well as eliciting direct investment in the film sector in Nigeria.

• The National Film, Video and Sound Archive (NFVSA) of NFC acquired 59 items through donations (40 films, 1book, 4 journals and 14 posters) for preservation.

• NFC also succeeded in acquiring and installing an Automated Shelving System.

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• In 2012, the National Film Institute successfully graduated 23 students in Bachelor of Film Arts and 65 in National Innovative Diploma. Both programmes are approved by NUC and NBTE respectively.

• Successfully matriculated 142 students (Diploma, 98 and Degree, 44) on the 30th of August, 2012.

• 24 candidates were admitted for the Diploma programmes while 15 were given admission into the Degree programme for the 2012/2013 academic session.

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VON: Voice of Nigeria-1

• Commissioned of the VON ultra-modern transmitting station at Lugbe, Abuja, equipped with 3N0, 250KW super power digital transmitters, 1 rotatable antenna and 2 fixed curtain antennae – the biggest in Africa and the ONLY one in Sub-Saharan Africa. Biggest single investment in radio broadcasting in Africa in the last 20 years. 1st African country and the 7th in the world to acquire this sophisticated technology.

• VON can now cover every part of the world in crisp clear digital quality signals way ahead of the 2015 digital migration deadline. Listeners’ feedback are being measured through letters, emails, website visit counter, physical visits etc.

• Broadcasts in 8 Languages and is in the process of introducing Portuguese recently approved by Management.

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VON: Voice of Nigeria-2

• Working together with the Nigeria-Sao Tome & Principe Joint Commission and the Embassies of some Portuguese-speaking countries in Nigeria to employ the required manpower for the Portuguese service.

• In the process of signing three more MOUs with Sarounniya FM Niger Republic, Noun FM and Benue FM in Cameroun.

• The Agency was recently elected into the executive Committee of the prestigious Association of International Broadcasters (AIB) and the first and only African broadcast stations to sit on the AIB Exco.

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Publicity-1

• Development of a comprehensive communication strategy to relay Government programmes and policies to the public.

• Regular publicity of Government activities through the private print and electronic media and Ministry sponsored programmes.

• International publicity for the country in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission.

• The establishment of a Social Media Strategy and Task Force to publicise the policies programmes and achievements the current administration.

• Press Conferences, Press Statements and Interviews used to publicize government activities.

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Publicity-2

• Development of a media strategy for the publicity of the privatisation programme of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE).

• Regular publicity of Government activities, programmes and policies of Government through NTA, FRCN, VON and NAN.

• Promotion of Government policies and programmes through the Hausa service of foreign Radio stations such as the BBC Hausa Service, Voice of America, Radio France International and Radio Deutsche Welle.

• Sustaining Government’s special publications: Nigeria Monthly

• Introduction of bi-weekly Governance Today and other thematic publications on special projects, such as Power, Roads etc.

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Publicity-3

• Special campaigns to promote Made-in-Nigeria Goods and patronage by Nigerians will help the revival of local industries, creation of jobs and increase domestic economic growth.

• Commenced awareness campaign on environmental issues relating to drought and desertification and mobilizing all relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the programme in Kano, Bauchi, Gombe, Katsina, Yobe, Adamawa, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Jigawa states.

• Offered opportunity for citizens to ask questions and seek clarifications on Government policies and actions. The platform has been adopted by the Federal Ministry of Information as a permanent yearly event to facilitate a national conversation on national development.

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Publicity-4

• Publication of the Federal Tenders Journals, which is a one-stop shop for all government procurements, and gave the public opportunity to partake in the bidding process for all government contracts and services in line with the Public Procurement Act 2007.

• Participated in International Forum (UK and US) organised by Nigerians in Diaspora to explain progress and developments at home in order to enlist their support.

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Deregulation of the Downstream Sector of

the Oil Industry

• Development of a multimedia Communication Plan to sell deregulation policy.– Toured media houses to explain policy and seek cooperation on public

enlightenment.

– Organized town hall meetings to explain benefits of policy.

– Facilitated appearances on media platforms for key Ministers and the CBN Governor to present the issue in favour of deregulation to the public.

– FRCN and NTA produced and aired enlightenment jingles on deregulation benefits.

– Organized interactive discussion programmes on NTA on the Policy and engaged in exchange of ideas and debates with the youths through the social media.

– Collaborated with Ministry of Transport to organise Stakeholders meeting in Lagos seeking support for policy.

– Was able to change the perception about deregulation among the people favourably, even though there was opposition to its timing.

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The National Good Governance Tour-1

• In collaboration with the Ministry of National Planning, Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Project Monitoring and Evaluation and the Nigerian Governors' Forum, the tour monitors major projects that have either been completed or are ongoing as stated by Ministers at the Ministerial Platform

• Projects visited across all sectors i.e. water, roads, infrastructure, agriculture, development of new and existing Districts in the FCT, Health and Educational institutions.

• 2 contracts were revoked due to shoddy execution by contractors: Bokkos-Panyam-Wamba road project in Plateau State and Agaie-Katcha-Boro Road project in Niger State.

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Mr. Labaran Maku, interacting with passengers on their way to Offa from

Ilorin via train.

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The National Good Governance Tour-2

• The Tour team is made up mainly of Journalists and Civil Society Activists led by the National President of NUJ.

• It is conducted live on social media platforms and where possible on radio and television to ensure wide spread participation.

• The Citizens’ Forum is the most revolutionary part of the NGGT which enables citizens in every state visited to engage officials of government at the Federal, State and Local level on the progress they are making to improve their welfare.

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Multimedia Ministerial Platform

Ministers reported to Nigerians on the

progress made by the various MDAs.

Transformed our democracy by

promoting healthy competition among

Cabinet Ministers who are working

harder to report positive achievements

to the people of Nigeria. This is the

first of its kind in Africa, giving

Ministers the opportunity to report

their achievements to the public and

answer questions directly from the

people across the World.

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Ministry Website

• Regular updates on Ministry website: fmi.gov.ng

• Recorded 470,360 hits, translating to an average of 32.26 hits/visit between 1st and 14th December, 2012 from all over the world.

• Highest number of hits during the aforementioned period coincided with Ministerial Platform and National Good Governance Tour.

• Also engaged with the public through social media: Facebook (170,000 likes), Twitter (42,500 followers) and YouTube.

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Security Awareness and Anti-

Terrorism Campaign-1• Collaborated with the Office of the National Security

Adviser– Convened Emergency National Council on Information where

Stakeholders took specific steps for public enlightenment and mobilization against terrorism and criminality which led to the establishment of Public Security Awareness Committees by State Governments.

– Ensured that messages on security reached the grassroots through State broadcasting stations, particularly in the Northern States. Private media also joined the campaign against terror. Some newspapers, e.g. The Guardian dedicated weekly pages to security issues.

– Nigerians became more security conscious. Churches, mosques, motor parks, airports, hotels, hospitals and other public places accordingly beefed up security measures.

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Terrorism Campaign-2– Reached out to Hausa service broadcast on foreign radio

stations with large following in Northern Nigeria through interviews and participation in their popular news and current affairs programmes to enlighten regional listeners on the dangers of terrorism and insecurity to the development of the region.

– Sensitised Northerners and largely isolated terror groups which seek to use the media to either divide the public or cause fear or panic.

– Disseminated messages showing clearly how terror groups were destroying economic and social progress in Northern Nigeria.

– Undermined the deception promoted by the group that their terror campaign was to promote Islam or the interest of the North. Campaigns led elders, political parties, community and opinion leaders in the North to speak out against Boko Haram. #TheJonathanReport


Terrorism Campaign-3– Facilitated access to media platforms for youth groups striving to

promote dialogue and peaceful co-existence in the North. Collaborated with the youth wings of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Jama'atul Nasri Islam (JNI) to promote Christian-Muslim dialogue against terrorism.

– Collaborated with Civil Society Organizations, and Faith-based groups to facilitate dialogue/reconciliation between warring communities in Jos, in order to promote understanding, amity and peace for sustainable restoration of normalcy to Jos and its environs.

– Built on the example of communities such as Dadin Kowa and Maiyango Low-Cost which came together in the wake of the ethnic and sectarian crisis in Jos, to resist the spread of crisis to these areas. For ten years, they stood out successfully against extremism and hatred in their communities. The Ministry worked to export this model community’s wisdom and cooperation to other areas in Jos and other parts of Northern Nigeria and the nation as a whole.

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Terrorism Campaign-4– Collaborated with some Non-Governmental Organisations under

the auspices of “Citizens Action for Peace” to campaign for peaceful co-existence in Plateau State, forming a network of peace practitioners and training its members.

– Various items promoting a peaceful Jos were printed such as caps, t-shirts, flyers, posters and pamphlets.

– Radio and Television jingles on peaceful co-existence in Plateau State were produced.

– NTA and FRCN produced jingles on peace and security, which were aired on television and radio stations.

– Collaboration with BEN TV in the UK to publicize Nigeria’s efforts to fight terror and crime. BEN TV organized a forum in London for Nigerians in Diaspora where the Federal Ministry of Information provided details of efforts to stabilize the situation.

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Media Development

• Greater synergy with MDAs in media outreach activities.

• Implementation of the Digital Roll-over project for the broadcast industry.

• Completion of the Federal Government Press complex in Abuja, and the immediate publication of all outstanding Federal Government Gazettes and statutory publications.

• Development of the motion picture industry and the maximization of its potential for job creation, entertainment, and national image projection, through increased professionalization and effective government.

• Provision of an Effective Regulatory Environment for the Media and Allied Industry.

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Capacity Building

• Training and retraining of Information Officers

to coordinate the publicity activities of all

MDAs and Federal Government national

development initiatives.

• Cleared promotion arrears for the period 2008

to 2010. 107 staff of the Ministry will benefit

from a pre-retirement training programme.

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Freedom of Information Act

• Collaborated with agencies of the governments of the US and Germany, on capacity building for staff to deepen understanding of the working of the Act.

• Jointly organised a day-long workshop with the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and NUJ, with the theme: “Ensuring Transparency in Governance, The FOI Act in Perspective”. Took place at the Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja, on December 11, 2012 and was attended by 386 Stakeholders, including participants from the Ministry, journalists, civil society organizations, lawyers, etcto enhance their capacity to deal with issues arising from and relating to the Act.

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National Archives

• Preservation of all archives in its Repositories nationwide.

• 10,000 endangered records repaired.

• Survey of all records and acquisition of all archival materials judged worthy of permanent preservation. In 2012, a total of 50,000 records were acquired from different agencies with visits to 100 Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

• Training of Departmental Records Management Officers in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies. In 2012, 120 Records Officers service-wide were trained in records and Archives Administration.

• Automation of Federal Gazettes from 1920 to 1990. Digitization of some record groups in the repositories to ensure security of original materials and improve accessibility.

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Other Highlights

• The re-introduction of Information Units in Nigerian Missions abroad to coordinate the external publicity of Nigeria, its people and potentials to enhance our nation's reputation and attract Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) into the country.

• Conducted voter education programmes with the National Orientation Agency, as well as local NGO’s.

• Revival, replacement, and provision of new facilities for the Ministry's Information Centres nationwide.

• Promoting Vision 20:2020 and the Transformation Agenda in collaboration with the National Planning Commission via: – 2-Day Stakeholders Retreat in Calabar, Cross River, October 2011

– Joint Committee of the 2 Ministries constituted to develop a draft programme of activities for implementation in 2012.

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