2024 Budget: Senate Wants More Allocation For Information Ministry

The Senate through its Committee on Information frowned at meager allocations proposed for the Ministry of Information and National Orientation in the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget .

The displeasure of the Senate at the paltry budgetary proposals made for the ministry was further fueled by clear cut visions its minister, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi, rolled out for implementation in 2024 before members of the committee during budget defence session on Tuesday.

The minister had in his presentation before the committee informed the senators that national values and attitudes re-orientation campaign under the aegis of National Values Charter (NVC), would be launched in early 2024

“It is the desire of the ministry to have a big national conversation around our values and attitudes re-orientation, so that Nigeria will at least rediscover itself and reclaim some of those values that have been eroded over the years, so that we can have a better country for all of us.

“We also desire the launch of the National and International branding campaign for Nigeria to highlight and showcase Nigeria’s immense natural and cultural resources.

“We are also going to convene and coordinate a regular series of Press briefings and media engagements for cabinet members and other senior government officials to avail Nigerians of what various ministries and agencies are doing so that Nigerians will be carried along on what and what are the projects and programmes of government.

“We also intend to invest resources in modernizing the Federal Government information and communication management and regulatory system across the agencies for example, NAN, NTA , FRCN”, “ he said.