The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim has charged staff of the Rivers State Newspaper Corporation to join hands with him to make The Tide Newspaper the newspaper of choice in the South -South geopolitical zone of the country.
Nsirim, who gave the charge while addressing the staff, yesterday, when he paid an unscheduled visit to the corporation observed that only cooperation would bring about the desired change and progress
According to him “everyone here needs to co-operate with me, we’re going to make a difference collectively and when we make that difference collectively, all of us would be happy”.
Nsirim who inspected the ongoing renovation of the building, expressed satisfaction with the work done, noting that already the building looked like a place set to make a difference in the publishing environment, saying “we can make a difference if we decide to”.
The Information Commissioner commended the General Manager of the corporation, Mr Vincent Ake for taking the bold step to embark on the repainting of the building.
“I want to congratulate and commend the GM for listening to wise counsel and has taken it as a responsibility to change the face of this building”, he said.
He, however, frowned at the workers’ poor attitude to work as many of them were seen walking in as he addressed the workers.
He said, “we cannot afford to be doing things the way we used to do them last year. This organisation must make a remarkable difference’, especially under his watch.
The Information boss pointed out that hence forth, The Tide would be published five times per week as against the previous three times per week and stated his charge for commitment, dedication and co-operation to the staff.
“We used to publish three times a week but now we’re going to be publishing five times, Monday through Friday”, he stated.
Furthermore, he hinted that by the end of the first quarter of 2020, The Tide should be published daily. “At the end of this quarter we’re going daily. There’s no reason why we can’t go daily”, to which he said demands “extra sacrifice and dedication from all of you… this is the time to be committed and sacrificial, innovative and creative”.
He stated that there would be more unscheduled visits and enjoined workers to endeavour to resume duty early on a daily basis.

Tonye Nria-Dappa