ABAKALIKI – The USAID Nigeria State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness (State2State) Activity has organized a two day Communication Strategy Implementation Progress Review workshop in Ebonyi State to ensure continued improvement in governance communication strategy.
Addressing participants, the USAID State2State Communication Specialist, Nneka Acholonu Egbuna, said the workshop was to look into how information officers have been able to use the communication strategy adopted in the state since 2020 in discharging their duties.
Nneka Egbuna maintained that the Ebonyi State Communication Strategy was co-developed by government and stakeholders to improve communications between State Ministries, Departments and Agency officials and citizens for the purpose of strengthening state government responsiveness to the needs and priorities of its citizens.
Also Speaking, the Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist with USAID State2State, Mrs. Ejiro Okotie, highlighted on Understanding Gender and Social Inclusion Mainstreaming in Communication and implored the Information and Public Relations Officers to always promote positivism and empowering narratives technique in their reportage and charged them to avoid stereotype and bias reportage.
