The Delta State Commissioner for Information, Patrick Ukah yesterday stressed the need for Non-Governmental Organizations, NGOs, and other civil society groups to embrace the individual and group specific form of advocacy in establishing a credible interface between the state government and its citizens.
The commissioner made the call in Asaba while playing host to a delegate of the Delta State Forum of NGOs.
Ukah said a higher population of citizens live in villages, lack adequate literacy and do not have the requisite technological efficacy to explore such platforms, noting that NGOs which are at the heart of monitoring and evaluating government policies and actions must device a veritable mechanism of reaching out to Deltans “in their natural habitat” to create adequate awareness on what the current government has achieved since its inception.
The commissioner, who promised to liaise with the NGOs coalition as much as possible, commended the forum for including security and peace building in its areas of focus, noting that positive results will be achieved when aggrieved parties embrace dialogue to resolve disputes.
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