By David Owei,Bayelsa
\nThe leadership of the Bayelsa State Educational Trust Fund, EDTF, has solicited partnership with the media in the role of educating, and sensitizing the public on the mandate of the board as well as the publicization of its activities.<\/p>\n
The Chairman of EDTF, High Chief Fidelis Agbiki stated this yesterday when he led the Executive Secretary, Prof Ebimieowei Etebu and other members of the newly inaugurated Board on a familiarization visit to the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel, of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Bayelsa State Council.<\/p>\n
High Chief Agbiki who is also the Chairman of the Publicity and Sensitization Committee of the Board, said as critical stakeholders, it became imperative upon their inauguration in October last year to introduced the new Board to journalists and couth the cooperation of the media, who he noted has been a partner of the Board since its inception.<\/p>\n
He said: “We are here to introduced the new board, which is the third since the inception of the EDTF and thanked the media for your support and solicit continued partnership and cooperation, understanding and cooperation. We have come here to introduced ourselves to you, that the relationship we have built over time should be sustain. When you are a friend of the press you are a friend of the community.”<\/p>\n
On his part, the Executive Secretary of EDTF, Prof Ebimieowei Etebu, plead with the media to always project the activities of the Board in a way and manner that will engender unity, development and growth<\/p>\n
He said: “We are new but not new to the educational sub sector. I have always had a passion to see how I can develop the youths and younger generation. I took this position over thirty years ago that whatever role I can play to better the lots of our youths in our society, I will do it, because once you have a vibrant youth, that society has a future. When that group of people in the society are educated, that society has a bright future but when that section are derail then we have a time bomb. So that has been my driving force.<\/p>\n
“So when I was called upon to be the Executive Secretary of this Board, that is one thing that inspired me. We want to plead with you that has people that has the ears of the public, please I am calling on you to project the activities of the Board in a way and manner that will engender unity, development and growth.”<\/p>\n
In his remark , the Chairman of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel, of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Bayelsa State Council, Tife Owolabi, commended the EDTF for the visit and for holding the media in high esteem and urged them to always make their doors open to journalists to confirm, verify and cross checks facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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