A former Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka Usman (retd) mni, on Wednesday presented a keynote address at a three-day workshop on ‘Creating Necessary Linkages for Enhancing the Impact of Government Policies on National Development’ for senior staff of some Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), at Global Village Hotel and Suites, KM 20, Abuja-Keffi Road.

The workshop is organised by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and Avant-Garde Interbiz Projects Limited.

The three-day workshop featured paper presentation on ‘Building a Collaborative Framework for Awareness, Creating and Sensitization on Government Policies, Programmes and Activities’ by Dr Aminu Davidson, a former Director of Documentation at the NOA, ‘An Evaluation of Citizens Awareness on Current Key Government Policies, Programmes and Activities’ by Mr. Jaiye Gaskiya, a Civil Society activist and ‘Curbing Hate Speech and Fake News in Workplace’ by Mrs. Christie Eleojo Adejoh, Managing Director of Marcee Mega Communication Resource Limited, among others.

Earlier, Dr Nathaniel Oye Allahmagani, Principal Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Avant-Garde Interbiz Limited, presented the welcome address. Thereafter, the Director-General, National Orientation Agency, Doctor Garba Abari, represented by Kenneth Onyejepu, a Director at NOA, declared the workshop open.

Mr. Emeka Iloegbunum, Managing Director of Innovationeering Group, presented a goodwill message.

Present at the occasion were Brig Gen Peter Malla, Director Examination, Army Headquarters Department of Army Standard and Evaluation, Colonel PY Haruna, Deputy Director, Transformation, Army Headquarters Department of Army Transformation and Innovations, as well as participants from the NITDA, FRSC, DSS, and other government ministries, departments and agencies.

•PHOTO: Ex-Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen SK Usman (retd), seated 4th from left, in a group photograph with other resource persons and participants at the workshop on creating linkages for impactful national development . . . Wednesday