By Onwe Wisdom
The call for Nigeria Industrial revolution has been a mere dream with huge potential unharnessed for years due to lack of political will, strategic innovative initiative and sector leadership charisma and savvy to garner and mobilize the right resources as well as creat the right environment for the industrialization to thrive.
The country industrial sector has taken a new dimension since Khalil Halilu took over as the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive officer of NASENI under the President Tinubu Renewed Hope Agenda led federal government.
Khalil and his team has a testimonial of strategic innovative initiatives which is accelerating the nation indigenous industrialization, local content and job creation, an initiative anchored on 3C principle of creation, collaboration and commercialization in line with the Tinubu Renewed Hope Agenda which emphasize locat content and job creation as a major player in revamping the economy.
Advancing indigenous technology, strengthening local manufacturing and rejigging the Industrialization drive to conspicuously put Nigeria on the global industrial stage, the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalili Suleiman Halilu revealed the Agency’s commitment to leveraging the power of digital media in communicating the Nigeria’s industrialization drive through NASENI and promote the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration.
Declaring open a 3-day Training Workshop for the Agency’s Staff Writers and Online Media Partners with the theme, “Enhancing Effective Delivery of Communication Objectives in a Changing Digital Environment”, on Wednesday at NASENI Headquarters, Abuja, the EVC stated that the Agency was committed to driving Nigeria’s industrialization through innovation and technology.
He added that effective communication was therefore vital to achieving this pursuit and that the outcome of the training will enable the team to amplify the Agency’s message further, engage its audience, and showcase achievements.
According to him, the training was amongst the series of ongoing training courses aimed at enhancing capacity development for staff and to reposition the Agency for greater service delivery. “I believe that the knowledge gained during these three days will in turn increase your understanding and capacity to deliver on the job of propagating positive messages about our Agency.”
The EVC of NASENI said, “As we navigate the ever-evolving digital media landscape, it is crucial that we stay focused on the content of our narratives, while keeping ourselves abreast of the latest trends, ethics, tools, and best practices. This training is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in these roles.”
In her goodwill message, the Coordinating Director, Planning and Business Development Directorate, NASENI, Dr. Mrs. Nonyem Onyechi, urged the participants to make the best of the knowledge and skills gained from the workshop and to utilize them to promote the Agency’s products, and research and development initiatives.
Earlier In his welcome address, the Director of Information, New Media and Protocol, Mr. Segun Ayeoyenikan noted that with the visionary leadership of Mr. Halilu, NASENI is now the leading technology Agency of the Federal Government, driving the Renewed Hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu government, whose focus primarily is the socio-economic transformation of the country.
Highlighting on the importance of the workshop, he said it will ensure a paradigm shift for more strategic and deliberate narratives to tell compelling technology-innovation driven new Nigeria economy through NASENI with Halilu on the driver’s seat.
