'The Dawn of a Real Deal': Jos East LGC, Angware, Plateau State.
In our quest to transform Jos East LGA through purposeful leadership, the administration of Hon. (Pastor) Yakubu Izang Ezekiel is poised to introducing 21st Century digitally feedback reporting innovations through social media handles that would bring government's policies and programs closer to people. These include the following:
★JOS EAST NEW MEDIA
★FROM THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN JOS EAST
★JOS EAST EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE UPDATES
★JOS EAST TO THE WORLD; and
★JOS EAST LENS.
WHY AN ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLE?
The need for a social media handles cannot be overemphasized. It can contribute to the improvement of public services, participation, and also strengthen transparency.
It has overtime transformed so many local politicians and local leadership. Hence, Jos-East LG can take advantage of this development to engage with the local population to participate in local governance that will add value to their living standards.
With the social media, 3D administration will constantly save money to be used on other viable areas of our needs. Already, traditional outreaches are expensive. It is also a known fact that Local Government do spent alot annually on public relations and advertisement, not to even talk of some in-house acquisitions. We can drastically cut those costs in order to save for the rainy day. Instead of spending “extravagantly” on other outdated methods of doing things, Jos-East Local Government can now leverage more on cost-efficient social media platforms to raise awareness about issues the public needs to know about. After all, these are platforms our teeming youths including senior citizens of Jos-East community and even neighbours are very conversant with nowadays.
Even though, experts in cybersecurity have overtime lamented over the significant progression of cybercrime rate especially internet frauds, the social media has overtime demonstrated that it is also a viable tool in curtailing criminalities thereby promoting police assistance especially the locally adopted Community Policing and other non-states' actors maintaining local security network like Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Neighbourhood Watch, etc.
With just a click on a button, your town hall, council, legislative arm and joint traditional council meetings are not far from people's fingertips. This can be attain via Facebook Live, Instagram Live, and Zoom
Moreso, COVID-19 came with several experiences that has changed the perception of governments towards reaching out to the electorates. Infact, individuals and even corporate entities are beneficiaries of adequate Information pertaining the pandemic from the social media. With the Local Government Social Media handles, emergencies and construction updates will be disseminated down to the grassroot as fast as possible being aided by social media usage. It only takes an internet connection and access points. The social media handles can also serves as platforms for job advertisements in the local government where citizens at levels can try their hands such opportunities made available and accessible through the social media.
In conclusion, the administration of Hon. (Pastor) Yakubu Izang Ezekiel Executive will soon commence consultations with some carefully selected critical stakeholders with a view to equipping itself towards revamping the administration's developmental policies and programs. This is to bridge the already widening gaps being created between the rural, semi-urban and urban areas via migration.
In no distant time, capable hands with up-to-date, time-tested and firsthand skills on social media usage would be appointed to mann such responsibilities while giving Jos East citizens value for their money.
From the Office of the Executive Chairman, Jos East LGC, Angware, Plateau State.
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