Ogun Assembly Tasks Information Ministry, OGBC, OGTV On Mass Mobilization For Govt Programmes, Improved Revenue

Ogun State House of Assembly has tasked the managements of the State Ministry of Information and Strategy as well as all the State owned media including, Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation (OGBC) and Ogun State Television (OGTV) to redouble their efforts in propagating  government policies and programmes to people.

The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Culture and Tourism, Hon. Olusegun Kaka gave the charge  on Friday while leading other members to appraise the budget performance of the agencies at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Hon. Kaka equally urged the managements of the State owned media stations to strive at improving on their revenue, with the aim of acquring more sophisticated equipment for enhanced productivity.

Also speaking ,the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of  Information and Strategy, Mr. Waheed Adesina had earlier in his presentation,said that the Ministry would  consolidate on the use of various strategies in mobilizing the people for positive development.

He disclosed that as at the third quarter, the Ministry had expended over N208million out of the total recurrent expenditure of N468.1million and had generated over 38 percent of the revenue target for the period.

In another development, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Mrs. Oluwatosin Oloko, says the Ministry has recorded huge feat in the promotion of the cultural heritage and tourism across the State; thus, it generated over 30 percent of its revenue for the period under review.

 This was just as the General Manager, State Television, Tunde Kazeem presented the achievements of the media outfit for the third quarter of 2023 before the lawmakers, noting that Station had generated over N139.8million  during the period under review.

Also, the General Manager, State Broadcasting Corporation, Mrs. Toyin Sogbesan pointed out that the radio station received N222.1million as total receipt, out of the total revenue target of N535.9million  for the period under review.

Other agencies that had their budget performance appraised included the Ogun State House of Assembly and Bureau of Information Technology amongst others.