Government Directs Institutions, NGOs To Use Its State Owned Radio For Announcements

[Elisabeth Janaina]

Government Directs Institutions, NGOs To Use Its State Owned Radio For
Announcements
The Government of Imatong State through the Information Ministry has
ordered all Non-governmental Organizations, operating in the State
including its Institutions to advertise any public announcement , in
its owned radio Voice of Eastern Equatoria State 97.5 FM.
02 August 2017

By Peter Lokale

TORIT, 01 August 2017 [Gurtong] –The Information Ministry’s 1st
Director General, Mr. Agapito Lolikae issued the order last week with
standing directives on the targets to observe the implementation with
effect from August1, 2017.

Mr. Agapito revealed that he has seen all the NGOs fixing their
adverts on public notice boards across the towns in the State.

He has warned them to respect the order to avoid any future inconvenience.

The Director General notes that the targets as mentioned above have
shown reluctance to make use of the state owned radio which according
to him should have been done to ensure effective transparency and
credibility by the institutions and NGOs.

The latest government move seeks to mobilize and increase its revenues
since the radio usage through adverts and announcements, serves as one
way of generating income.

Meanwhile, many among the citizens who welcomed the initiative demand
that the government not interfere with fixing of the notices on the
public board by the NGOs because the displayed adverts provide
adequate details to audience unlike radio whose information is
hurriedly read and quickly closed after the announcement.

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