The Minister of Information and
Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has restated the commitment of the Federal
Government to revamp the economy, fight insurgency and corruption.
He made the statement on Monday in
Abuja when Dr Yemisi Bamgbose, National President, Radio, Television, Theatre
and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU), paid him a courtesy call.
He said that the Federal Government
had prioritised agriculture as a sector that would link the other sectors of
the economy.
The minister said that one of the
objectives of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was to boost local
production of rice to serve as substitute to imported rice.
He said that the administration had
taken the issues of the media seriously, adding that informed the reason he had
several meetings with stakeholders in the industry.
Mohammed said that there was need to
re-invent media organisations in the country to enable them compete favourably
with their counterparts in other parts of the world.
Earlier, Bamgbose said that his union
controlled 90 per cent stakeholders in the media and culture sector and
commended the Federal Government for its fight against insurgency and
corruption.
The RATTAWU president urged the
Federal Government to take practical step to diversify economy through
agriculture and to ensure that the nation’s refineries were working at optimal
level.
While stressing that the government
should do something about poor remuneration of workers in the media industry,
Bamgbose called for adequate funding of government owned media organizations to
enable them function effectively.
He said the culture sector could
generate enormous revenue for this country if properly energised, NAN reports.
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