By Adaobi Rhema Oguejiofor
The Former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has revealed that his firm is willing to collaborate with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on strategic communication, executive training and other related activities.
The ex-Minister disclosed this on Thursday when he led a delegation of the firm, which is Bruit Costaud, an affiliate of Ballard Partners USA, on a visit to the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Mr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
He said that the visit to the NCDMB Tower, which he described as a ‘Hidden Jewel of Nigeria’, was in a bid to strengthen strategic communication, policy advocacy, and research initiatives.
In his own words, “I came here to formally introduce our firm of policy advisory consultants to the Board and because what we do at our firm is to actually try to create a platform that would make the public and the private sector talk to one another rather than talk at one another.”
“Our experience both in government, in the media and the private sector has shown that there is that yawning gap between policy and implementation largely due to the distrust that is harboured by both parties and then we believe that there is the need also to amplify the positive achievements of our organization.”
According to him, on the area of collaboration with the Board, the firm would want to partner them in the areas of strategic communications, strategic maping and executive training.
Wabote, on his part, stated that the Board was ready to partner with the firm. He thanked the team for the visit, saying that they had come at the right time when Nigeria is transiting from from one administration to the other.
