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Thursday 6 March 2014

Federal Government Allocates N300m to Fight Foreign Media 'Propaganda'


Federal Government Allocates N300m to Fight Foreign Media 'Propaganda'Federal Government allocates N300m to oppose what they described as “negative publicity” on Nigeria in foreign media, as the country is currently facing the peak of the insecurity crisis in the three troubled North-Eastern states.

This has been confirmed by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, on March 4, 2014, Tuesday. The minister noted that the high allocation for external publicity was to allow FG “respond to some negative publicity about the country in foreign media”.
Maku lamented his ministry’s inability to secure sufficient funding from government in 2013, but said he had worked hard regardless to successfully implement three programmes, namely, Ministerial Platform, Good Governance Tour and educating Nigerians on the insurgency by Boko Haram.
He further noted that the total budget proposal of the ministry and its various parastatal agencies in 2014 is N26.57 billion. He said while N5.2 billion was proposed in 2013, only N2.9 billion was actually released for expenditure.
According to the 2014 national budget, the sum of N300m will be spent on “External publicity /media insertions in foreign media: print media, electronic media, media forum in selected cities abroad, engagement with foreign news agencies, production of specialized publicity materials for external audience”.
Nigeria is facing one of its most damaging international news coverage currently with a harsh media spotlight on the massacre by the extremist Boko Haram sec

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