The
Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) is set to host the zonal phase of
the Seminar on Media Engagement in Crisis Situation for Public
Relations and Information Officers for the Military, Security and
Response Agencies in Nigeria. The seminar will hold in the North East
(Bauchi) on the 21 and 22 of June, 2016. It will be recalled that the
seminar series which was declared open in Abuja in April, 2016 by the
Honourable Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali drew
participants from headquarters of the military, security and response
agencies.
Following
the success recorded in the April seminar, the Centre with the support
of Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) is replicating
the programme in the North East and the Niger Delta regions of the
country where crisis information management is more challenging. The
essence of moving the seminar around is to build the capacity
information officers of these agencies who are operating in the zones.
With
the theme, “Enhancing the Capacity of the Public Relations and
Information Officers in Addressing Crisis Situations”, the seminar is
aimed at strengthening the capacity of target participants – public
relations and information officers of military, security and response
agencies – to relate with the media more professionally, adopting the
best practices in the management of information. It is also hoped that
the platform will enhance better synergy and coordination amongst
security agencies and media organisations in the dissemination of crisis
information.
The
expected to participants in the seminar are public relations and
Information Officers from the Defence Headquarters, Nigerian Army,
Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria Police, Department of State
Services, National Intelligence Agency, Nigerian Customs Service and
Nigeria Prisons Service. Others are Nigerian Security and Civil Defence
Corps, Federal Road Sefety Commission, Federal Fire Service, Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, Independent Corrupt Practices and other
Related Offences commission among others.
Chidi Omeje
Head (Research, Planning & Statistics)
For: Executive Secretary
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