When Uduaghan re-launched
POINTER Newspaper in Lagos
By Josfyn Uba
Saturday, February 9,
2008
The Ocean view restaurant, Lagos, recently played host to
Delta State governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, state commissioners,
top government functionaries and media practitioners at the
re-launch and media presentation of a newly repackaged state
owned newspaper, POINTER.
In his address, the governor who regarded the event as one
of the most auspicious assignments in the annals of his administration
recalled that when he was elected governor , he had promised
to abide by a three-point agenda, spanning peace, security,
infrastructure development and human capital development.
As such, the repackaging of the newspaper is the summation
of his three broad objectives. According to him, development
theorists all over the world have long come to see the need
for a vibrant media spectrum to drive particularly, the mass
mobilization component of peace and security as well as the
development process.
“This has indeed come to be a given imperative in our
modern world scenario where, thanks to the influx of new and
continually advancing technologies, distances are collapsing
and hitherto disparate spaces are being bridged. The mass
media as a proud player in this unfolding process has therefore,
come to take a more significant place of influence and it
is my desire to further strengthen this,” Governor Uduaghan
said.
He told journalists that he is now working out modalities
for revamping the state government owned media organizations.
A 14-man Committee was set-up to recommend appropriate measures
for revitalizing the state owned Pointer Newspaper and the
Delta Broadcasting Service, Asaba and Warri. It is in building
on this also that the re-designed and repackaged Pointer Newspaper
was presented to the public as a take-off point in the drive
to revive the state media organizations. The repackaged Pointer
Newspaper will start with a Sunday Edition.
According to the governor, the new product would grace the
newsstands across the country weekly within a month of the
official re-launch. |
