Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu takes the views and concerns of Nigerians into consideration before making changes to government policies.
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Idris made this known in Abuja on Tuesday when a delegation from the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), led by its Director-General, Prof. Ayo Omotayo, paid a courtesy visit to the ministry.
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The minister explained that the responsibility of the Ministry of Information and National Orientation goes beyond informing Nigerians about government policies. According to him, the ministry also collects feedback from citizens and communicates their concerns to the government.
He said Tinubu regularly seeks to know how Nigerians feel about government decisions and uses such feedback to assess whether adjustments are needed.
Idris described governance as an ongoing process in which policies could be reviewed based on public reactions and changing circumstances. He added that the renewed focus on national orientation had strengthened the government’s ability to understand public opinion, especially at the grassroots.
He pointed to the wide network of the National Orientation Agency, which has more than 800 offices across the country, as an important channel for gathering information from communities.
The minister said the agency could obtain feedback from farmers, artisans and other groups, giving the government better knowledge of the challenges facing citizens and their expectations from the administration.
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Idris also pledged the ministry’s support for NIPSS research into Nigeria’s creative economy, which is the focus of the institute’s Senior Executive Course 48.
Omotayo had earlier disclosed that NIPSS selected the creative economy, also known as the Orange Economy, as the theme of this year’s executive course. He said the research would examine the opportunities and challenges in the sector and assess its ability to contribute to Tinubu’s plan to build a trillion-dollar economy.
According to him, participants in the course had visited seven states in Nigeria as well as several countries to study creative industries and collect information for the research.
He disclosed that NIPSS was also preparing a National Summit and Exhibition on the Orange Economy to bring together stakeholders and draw attention to the sector’s economic opportunities.
Omotayo said the creative economy spans about 48 areas and has the potential to create wealth and employment. He pointed to Nigeria’s music industry, where some artistes have generated billions of naira from digital platforms, as evidence of the sector’s economic potential.
He said NIPSS believes the creative economy could become one of the sectors capable of addressing Nigeria’s unemployment challenge.
Omotayo therefore called on the Ministry of Information and National Orientation to collaborate with the institute in organising and promoting the proposed summit.
Former Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, also attended the meeting.
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