The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations NIPR Niger State Chapter has called for adequate communication to manage security information in Niger state.
Stakeholders at the NIPR twenty-twenty-five symposium and Annual general meeting made the call while deliberating on the better way to tackle the deficiency and mismanagement of communication strategies managing security information.
The event took place at the women event centre Minna with the theme “communication strategies in managing security information in Niger State”.
Chairman of the occasion Zubairu Dada said insecurity has been ravaging the state, hence it has become necessary to be careful in managing security information.
The lead speaker commissioner of police Niger State command CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman who was represented by CPS Jude Akaeze explained that it is the responsibility of the police to protect lives and property and also manage crises adding that the police use information to address crises where strategic communication is used to get effective means of tackling crisis.
He called for citizens’ participation as the police cannot do it alone.
In his paper presentation commissioner of homeland security said security is crucial emphasizing confidence building as it is a key role of strategic communication.
Also speaking the Head of Department Mass communication IBB University Lapai Doctor Ternenge Samuel Ende noted the need to stop unambiguous and that the right information should be passed.
The NIPR Niger State chapter presented posthumous awards to late Abubakar Tanko Achituwo, late Mathew Daniel and late Mohammed Ali.
