• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
    • Government
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • ICPC Secures Conviction of Rector for Running Unaccredited Degree Programmes

      Engr Abba Babagana Dalori

      Engr Dalori Forfeits Galaxy Hospital, Petrol Station, Properties & Cash

      Chinese nationals jailed in Lagos

      Court Jails Nine Chinese Nationals for Cybercrime in Lagos

      ASUU

      Tackle Corruption, Institutional Decay – ASUU Charges FG

      EFCC Arraigns Bauchi Accountant General Over N8bn Fraud as Court Sentences…

  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
    • Customs Gets 4 New Deputy Comptrollers-General, 12 ACGs, Promotes 3,312 Officers

      DG NITDA Inuwa Kashifu at the GITEX Nigeria

      Sanwo-Olu, Tijani, Kashifu Urge Digital Innovation as GITEX Nigeria Opens

      Members of National Regional Development

      FG Inaugurates Boards, Management Teams of Three Regional Development Commissions

      Trade Facilitation: Nigeria Customs, NACCIMA Strengthen Partnership

      Economic Confidential to Host 3rd Public Lecture, Unveil Books on Nigeria’s…

  • National
    • Armed Forces of Nigeria

      Court Voids Military’s 15-Year Mandatory Service Rule Before Resignations

      Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoSF), Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack,

      Civil Service Gets New Framework for Training and Talent Management

      Tinubu Reverses NTA Shake-Up, Recalls DG Salihu Dembos, Executive Director of…

      VP Shettima, Health Minister Endorse Care365 Drive for Inclusive Healthcare

      Troops Neutralize Dozens of Terrorists, Arrest Logistics Suppliers in North-East Offensives

    • Government
      • Tinubu Orders Overhaul of Katsina Security Operation, Hints at State Police

        Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

        Eid-ul-Maulud: FG Declares Friday Public Holiday

        VP Shettima, Health Minister Endorse Care365 Drive for Inclusive Healthcare

        President Tinubu and VP Shettima

        The Politics and Tinubu’s Wishes to Shettima

        Vice President Kashim Shettima and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

        Shettima at 59: Tinubu Hails VP’s Loyalty, Commitment to Service

  • Security
    • Armed Forces of Nigeria

      Court Voids Military’s 15-Year Mandatory Service Rule Before Resignations

      Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka. image. Google

      NCTC Urges Forensic and Non-Military Strategies in Regional Fight Against Terrorism

      Military Troops during operations

      Troops Eliminate Bandits, Recover Rustled Cattle in Kaduna

      NPF Headquarters Bompai Kano

      Kano Police Bust Kidnap Syndicate, Arrest Suspects

      Police Arrest Four after ₦5m Ransom Payment in Anambra

  • Features
    • Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai

      El-Rufai and the Politics of Shifting Loyalties, by Kabir Akintayo

      VIP Convoys and the Tragedy of Everyday Nigerians By Kabir…

      The Arrest of Ansaru Kingpins Mahmud Muhammad Usman aka Abu Bara’a, and Mahmud al-Nigeri aka Mallam Mamuda

      Nigeria’s Giant Leap Against Terrorism and the Fall of Ansaru Leaders,…

      Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa CDS

      CDS Musa Launches Operation Enduring Peace, Tasks Troops to ‘Win Peace,…

      Almajiri

      TRAVELOGUE: Kaduna Almajiris and A Parley Inside Arewa Forum’s House By…

  • State
    • Military Troops during operations

      Troops Eliminate Bandits, Recover Rustled Cattle in Kaduna

      NPF Headquarters Bompai Kano

      Kano Police Bust Kidnap Syndicate, Arrest Suspects

      Police Officer

      Police Neutralize Armed Robber on Zaria-Kano Highway, Arrest Notorious Suspect

      The rescued abducted women and children

      Troops Eliminate Terrorists, Rescue 9 Abducted Women, Children in Sokoto, Zamfara

      Army Arrests Soldier for Arms Trafficking in Borno, Rescues Kidnap Victims…

  • Event
    • Vice President Kashim Shettima and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

      Shettima at 59: Tinubu Hails VP’s Loyalty, Commitment to Service

      Erasmus Ikhide damaged Vehicle and Dangote Cement Truck

      Erasmus Ikhide Narrowly Escapes Death in Collision with Dangote Truck

      Supporters of Senator Shehu Buba

      PHOTOS: Bauchi Constituents Rally APC to Draft Senator Buba for 2027…

      The authors and their books

      PHOTOS: NIPR Hails Latest PRNigeria Books at Economic Confidential Lecture

      Alh. Yushau Shuaib, Brig Gen. (rtd) Chris Olukolade and Mallam Kashifu Inuwa

      NITDA, IMPR Spotlight AI as Driver of Nigeria’s Digital Future at…

    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Home Government FG Deploys 80 Press Secretaries to MDAs…. To Save N2.8bn on Media...
  • Government

FG Deploys 80 Press Secretaries to MDAs…. To Save N2.8bn on Media Aides

By
Prnigeria
-
August 1, 2019
President Muhammad Buhari
President Muhammad Buhari

FG Deploys 80 Press Secretaries to MDAs…. To Save N2.8bn on Media Aides

Weblink: https://prnigeria.com/2019/08/01/fg-press-secretaries-mda/amp/

The Federal Government through the Ministry of Information and Culture has deployed eighty (80) Press Secretaries and their assistants known as Resident Information Officers (RIOs) to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as part of efforts to tackle redundancy and inefficiency in the system.

PRNigeria gathered that the latest move by the ministry was aimed at avoiding putting square pegs in round holes and to redeploy several officers who have overstayed in one position.

A source in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of Federation said the posting will checkmate incessant appointment of media aides by some chief executive officers against the service rules and management service circular PSRU/C16.1.17.1/11/430 which makes provisions for RIOS. It will also save the government over N2.8billion being spent annually on maintaining media aides whose expenditures are not captured in the budget.

Read Also:

  • El-Rufai and the Politics of Shifting Loyalties, by Kabir Akintayo
  • Court Voids Military’s 15-Year Mandatory Service Rule Before Resignations
  • NCTC Urges Forensic and Non-Military Strategies in Regional Fight Against Terrorism

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Deaconess Grace Isu Gekpe recently introduced a 3-year tenure for Press Secretaries posted to Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government.

According to the new criteria, Press Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service on posting should not overstay in particular agencies but rather move around to garner and deploy their experiences in various agencies.

The RIOs are deployed to Permanent Secretaries and Chief Executive officers of MDAs who should handle their deployment to the press unit. The Press and Public Relations Unit of the MDAs in the federal public service operates within the framework of guidelines provided by the federal government through the supervisory of Federal Ministry of Information.

According to the provisions of the circular, a Resident Information Officer is a professional on posting to an MDA to work in the Press and Public Relations Unit as the Image Maker of the establishment

“He/she is mandated to professionally project the policies, programmes and activities of the MDAs vis-à-vis that of Federal Government of Nigeria.

“The Federal Ministry of Information is the ministry that has the mandates to lead the management of the image and reputation of the people and government of Nigeria through a professional and dynamic public information system that facilitate access by citizens and the global community to credible and timely information about our nation.”

By PRNigeria

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • fg
  • MDAs
  • Press Secretaries
  • RIOS
Previous articleKwara Official Forfeits N150m Plaza in Ilorin
Next articleEnvironment Ministry Establishes Waste Management Plants 26 States
Prnigeria
Prnigeria
http://www.PRNigeria.com

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Tinubu Orders Overhaul of Katsina Security Operation, Hints at State Police

Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

Eid-ul-Maulud: FG Declares Friday Public Holiday

VP Shettima, Health Minister Endorse Care365 Drive for Inclusive Healthcare

President Tinubu and VP Shettima

The Politics and Tinubu’s Wishes to Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Shettima at 59: Tinubu Hails VP’s Loyalty, Commitment to Service

Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

Interior Ministry Launches Electronic Records System, Plans Mobile Offices

Senator Shehu Umar Buba

Security: Why I’m pushing for official adoption of non-kinetic approach—Senator Buba

ECOWAS, Nigeria Urged to Tackle Epidemic of Enforced Disappearances

Supporters of Senator Shehu Buba

PHOTOS: Bauchi Constituents Rally APC to Draft Senator Buba for 2027 Governorship Race

Pantami Foundation Pays Outstanding Fees for Gombe Students at BUK

Almajiri

TRAVELOGUE: Kaduna Almajiris and A Parley Inside Arewa Forum’s House By Lawal Dahiru Mamman

PRNigeria logo fearured image

OHCSF Celebrates 57 Retirees for Exemplary Service and Dedication

Recent Posts

  • El-Rufai and the Politics of Shifting Loyalties, by Kabir Akintayo
  • Court Voids Military’s 15-Year Mandatory Service Rule Before Resignations
  • NCTC Urges Forensic and Non-Military Strategies in Regional Fight Against Terrorism
  • Troops Eliminate Bandits, Recover Rustled Cattle in Kaduna
  • Kano Police Bust Kidnap Syndicate, Arrest Suspects
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
El-Rufai and the Politics of Shifting Loyalties, by Kabir AkintayoCourt Voids Military’s 15-Year Mandatory Service Rule Before ResignationsNCTC Urges Forensic and Non-Military Strategies in Regional Fight Against TerrorismTroops Eliminate Bandits, Recover Rustled Cattle in KadunaKano Police Bust Kidnap Syndicate, Arrest SuspectsPolice Arrest Four after ₦5m Ransom Payment in AnambraCivil Service Gets New Framework for Training and Talent ManagementTinubu Orders Overhaul of Katsina Security Operation, Hints at State PoliceNigeria, South Africa Renew Security Cooperation to Protect Africa’s StabilityEid-ul-Maulud: FG Declares Friday Public HolidayCustoms Gets 4 New Deputy Comptrollers-General, 12 ACGs, Promotes 3,312 OfficersVIP Convoys and the Tragedy of Everyday Nigerians By Kabir AbdulsalamTinubu Reverses NTA Shake-Up, Recalls DG Salihu Dembos, Executive Director of NewsVP Shettima, Health Minister Endorse Care365 Drive for Inclusive HealthcareTroops Neutralize Dozens of Terrorists, Arrest Logistics Suppliers in North-East Offensives
X whatsapp