The Abia Online Media Publishers,member of Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) will embark on a tour of the 17 Local Government Areas of the State with a view to access the performance of the performance of the elected council chairmen.
The tour which is in organization's resolve to uphold transparency and accountability in the democratic governance of the State, will also afford her members the opportunity to identify and report developmental landmarks of the Local government administration.
The proposed tour was made public in a statement jointly signed by the State chairman of OMPAN chief Paddy Anyatonwu and the secretary Steve Unegbu on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
The association pointed out that the essence of the tour is for fact-checking and to appraise the journey of the now almost two years in the saddle by the Executive chairmen.
"The tour will help the media practitioners to present accurate, balanced and timely information as well as review their performances in the last two years.
"It will also afford the LGA Executive chairmen the opportunity to disclose to the media how democracy has developed their areas"
"Media will continue to subject political office holders to public scrutiny and to question their policies as well as competences and "As watchdogs of the society OMPAN will not relent in playing her primary oversight role of speaking out to ensure everyone is playing by the rules and feeding the public with objective information to increase accountability in governance in this State" the statement concluded.
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