By Dave Uka
Ebonyi State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Engr. Stanley Lebechi Mbam has reiterated the commitment of governor Francis Nwifuru to good governance and welfare of the people.
Engr. Mbam who stated this when members of Correspondents’ Chaple of Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ) in the state paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abakaliki said the governor was very focused to get things right in the state to ensure even development.
The commissioner noted that Nwifuru has started well through various policies and programmes he has initiated aimed at transforming the state.
He assured that the Ministry of Works will make sure that the governor succeeds more than his predecessors and assured of the Ministry’s partnership with the Chapel to drive the policies of the governor in the works sector.
He said “It is always good to have a synergy with every agency and your own is very special one. Just like you say you have a golden pen, yes your pen is very wonderful because you people promote the activities of the government and individual performances".
“I want to commended you for coming to identify with us. I have heard what you have said that you are willing to support us and partner with us. And I also want you to know that we are all willing to work with you at all given time.
“We will also thrive to make sure that the government of Ebonyi State under Governor Francis Ogbanna Nwifuru succeeds more than his predecessors.
“I also want to encourage you to be your brother's keeper by trying to promote the government.
“You can see that the Governor has started well. He is the first governor to hold a media chat and give his account of stewardship just on the first 152 days in office. He is very confidence and very focused to get things right and that is the step we are all following.
“The way the Governor moves is the way we are moving. So, we will always assure you of that synergy and cooperation”.
Chairman of the Correspondent Chapel, Comrade Uchenna Inya described the Commissioner as a vibrant young man with wealth of experience in the works sector and expressed the hope that he will bring his experience to bare in his appointment.
He assured him that the chapel will support the ministry through their reportage in their social responsibility as fourth estate of the realm
“We are here today to identify with one of our own. You are one of us because you are a very vibrant young man. Your appointment is one of the best His Excellency the Governor has made since his assumption of office. Suffice to say that your appointment is a square peg in a square hole.
“You have been in the engineering sector and in the ministry of works sector, you have the experience and the capacity to turn things around in the works sector and you have started very well. That is why we say we have to come to partner with your laudable initiative so that we can continue to be part of it. And in the area of publicity, we want to assure you that we will give it to you 100% because we have the pen, we do not have silver and gold. But what we have is bigger than silver and gold which is the pen and you know it is mightier than the sword.
“We are here to assure you that we have sharpen the pen or made it more sharper so that when we write we will know we are writing in the positive way because we are investigative journalists.
“We are investigative, development and peace journalists. We don’t engage in destructive journalism. We are journalist that have content and character that cover national dallies.
“We make things happen in the journalism world and any ministry that do not partner with us may not have that full publicity because we set the pace in journalism practice”, he stated. ENDS
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