2025 Budget: Osuoza makes case for The Pointer’s own printing press, DBS Stations to be equipped for optimal performance

2025 Budget: Osuoza makes case for The Pointer’s own printing press, DBS Stations to be equipped for optimal performance

A cross-section of Ministry of Information officials and parastatals at the budget defence.

By Marian Kogolo

The need for The Pointer Newspapers to have its printing press has been reiterated, as well as the need to adequately equip the Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS) stations Asaba and Warri for optimum service delivery.

The Delta State Commissioner for Information, Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza, stated yesterday, Wednesday, November 20, 2024 when he led the management team of the ministry and its parastatals to defend the 2025 budget proposal of the ministry before the House Committee on Information.

Dr Osuoza noted that it would be economically wise if The Pointer started printing, arguing that the present state where its competitor does the printing would never augur well for newspaper.

The information commissioner also made a case for the two broadcast stations of the DBS Warri and Asaba to be adequately equipped for optimal service delivery.

He stated that the signals of the station in Asaba needed to be boosted, due to the low lying nature of Asaba, adding that the maintenance of the transmitter at Ubulu Uku remained strategic, due to the high topography of the town.

Osuoza said that the Warri station’s challenge of transmitters both for its radio and television arms needed to be looked into to also boost the signals of the station.

On the budget performance of the ministry in the 2024 fiscal year, the commissioner said that it achieved 96.15 percent in the non regular overhead.

He attributed the impressive performance to the timely release of funds for recurrent expenses by the Government of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori.

Present at the budget defense were the Functioning Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Mrs Theresa Oliko, the Chairmen of The Pointer and DBS Asaba, Dr Ebenezer Okorodudu and Hon. Austin Chikeze.

Also present were the General Manager of DBS Asaba, Mrs Christine Emetulu and the Acting General Manager of The Pointer, Mr Godfrey Ubaka, as well as directors in the Ministry of Information.

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