Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Adijat Adeleye said the role of Information managers in promoting Gender Equality cannot be over emphasized as a change agent who must live above the stereotyped ways of disseminating information to the public.
Hon. Adeleye stated this, during the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Information Chapel, January Congress, at the Olusegun Osoba Press Centre, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, themed, "The Role of Information Officers/ Public Relations Officers in Promoting Gender Equality", said that in order to achieve an inclusive society, information officers were to create and promote gender equality in their reportage.
She said the pen professionals should see themselves as change agents and use their position to promote and disseminate policies and programmes of government in the positive light.
"I want all men of the pen profession to see their pen as an instrument of change which must be used in promoting and disseminating gender equality programmes so that men would not see their women counterpart as competitors but to complement each other so as to achieve inclusion in our society", she said.
Hon. Adeleye, appreciated the commitment of Prince Dapo Abiodun led administration in closing the gap on gender equality with the recent upgrade of 3 female Senior Special Assistant to the position of Special Adviser in their fields and the opportunity given to one thousand girls to benefit from technology Skill training to enable them match up with their male counterpart.
She commended the leadership of the Chapel for being innovative and adding value to their members, while advising them to move beyond the conventional journalism and key into the new trend of social media to publicise government activities as the state was doing much and people need to know.
The Chairman of the Chapel, Comrade Femi Osipitan, commended the Commissioner for her dedication towards promoting the wellbeing of womenfolk among others in the state.
Folake Ogunboyejo,
Information /Public Relations Officer, Min. of Women Affairs & Social Dev.
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