The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, has reiterated the resolve of the Chief Nyesom Wike-led administration to reposition government-owned media houses.
He gave the assurance, yesterday during a meet the staff visit and tour of the Rivers State Newspaper Corporation (RSNC), and Government Printing Press.
Nsirim, however, stressed that the quest to revamp the media house must be driven with a new zeal by staffers to give a fresh bite to productivity.
He said, “This visit is not the usual ritual of visiting parastals but to challenge staff of The Tide and Government Printing Press to reposition for greater creativity.”
The commissioner, who used the meeting to recall his early days as a reporter with The Tide said, “it is time for innovation. Everyone has potential to recreate his productivity”.
Reminding staff of the vision of the governor and his achievements in the past four and half years, the commissioner stated that so far the government has touched on all sectors, most especially infrastructure.
“We should key into the development agenda of Governor Nyesom Wike because if you look around the country, there are only few governors doing what he is doing,” Nsirim submitted.
He called on the staff of government media house to be the drivers of the transformation through information dissemination, and public enlightenment.
In few days time, he disclosed that there will be a new appraisal procedure to elicit efficiency from staff.
The commissioner later responded to questions from union leaders representing the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), National Union of Printing, Publishers and Paper Product Workers (NUPPPRW), assured that all issues of equipment and staff motivation will be addressed for optimum productivity.
The General Manager of RSNC, Mr. Vincent Ake, thanked Nsirim for the visit, and pleaded that his tenure as commissioner brings new era in the operations of public media houses.