From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Ahmed Abubakar are some of the dignitaries at the State House Press Corps (SHPC) capacity-building training workshop scheduled to take place in Lagos.
The training programme, organised by the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), will also have Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Engagement, Federick Nwabufo, and the Director of the United Nations Information Centre, Ronald Kayanja speak at the event.
According to Chairman of the State House Press Corps, Anule Emmanuel, the two-day training programme with the theme/ “Promoting Solutions-Oriented and Sustainability Journalism In A Modern Democracy” will hold at the Pearlwort Hotel and Suits, from Friday, April 19, to Saturday, April 20, 2024.
He said the NIA boss would speak on “Understanding the Interrelation between Intelligence Agencies and the Media in Shaping National Development” while the Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lanre Arogundade would speak on “Ethical Journalism: An Insight into Deep Fakes and Fact-Checking.”
He added that the Professor Jide Jimoh of the Lagos State University (LASU) and a member of the editorial board of the Guardian newspaper will speak on “Extending the Boundaries of Newsgathering and Reporting to Advance Sustainable Development in Nigeria.”
The Senior Adviser on Information Integrity, Office of the Under-Secretary-General, UN Global Communications, New York, would speak on “The Quest for Information Integrity in an Era of Polluted Media Ecosystem.”
General Manager of Channels Academy, Kingsley Uranta, will speak on “Retooling Journalistic Practice in the Quest for Solutions to Emerging National Challenges.”
Chairman of the State House Press Corps, said the training would provide members of the corps a unique opportunity to enhance their knowledge, skills and competencies.