Rivers Ministry Of Information E-Library Commissioned

The Rivers State Ministry of Information and Communications has officially launched its resource centre with electronic library (e-library) facilities.

The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs Ibim Semenitari said the goal of the project is to provide the people of the state, especially workers, a centre for knowledge-enrichment and research.

While expressing delight with the launch of the resource centre, she noted that at the inception of her tenure as commissioner, that state of the library was a source of concern to her.

“This Ministry should be able to provide the capacity the people need for research,” she stressed, while also commending the directors in the ministry who are mooted the idea for the establishment of the centre.

Speaking, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr John Nalley said the ministry is happy with the launch of the resource centre as it would assist it in the discharge of the ministry’s duties of information dissemination, education and mobilisation of the citizens on government activities, and in turn achieve good governance.

“The establishment of the resource centre is a further attempt to take information to a higher level,” Mr Nalley said especially in the 21st century global world.

In his speech, former Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Bernard Graham-Douglas and the Director of the State Government Printing Press, Mr Augustine Nwikinaka lauded the contributions of the Ministry under Mrs Semenitari, saying the launch of the centre is a revolution in the reading culture.

They enjoined the people to maximise the benefit of the project to enrich their knowledge.

The launch of the resource was witnessed by heads of media establishments in the state, members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Radio Television and Theatre Workers Union (RATTAWU) among other key players in the industry.
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt