FG refutes moving ministerial press briefing to London
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris
Abdullateef Fowewe
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has proved to be false claims indicating that the Federal Government’s Ministerial Press Briefing Series is being moved from Abuja to London.
Speaking at the eighth edition of the briefing held at the National Press Centre in Abuja, Idris firmly banished the claims as false, remarking that the briefings remain firmly rooted in Nigeria
The Minister, in a statement on Friday by his Special Assistant on Media, Rabiu Ibrahim, commended the nation’s economy, noting that the Tinibu administration would ensure the maintenance of current economic growth.
The statement partly reads, “The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has dismissed reports circulating in both traditional and online media suggesting that the Ministerial Press Briefing Session has been relocated from Abuja to London.
“The Minister clarified his opening remarks at the eighth edition of the Ministerial Press Briefing Session, held at the National Press Centre in Abuja.”
The session was attended by the Minister of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa; the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Professor Joseph Utsev; and the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi.
“This is your answer to the insinuation that the press briefing session is relocating to abroad.
“We have our responsibility first to the Nigerian nation and that’s why we invite these ministers to come here and address Nigerians and those outside this country directly from nowhere but the National Press Centre here in Abuja.
“So if you think that the ministerial press briefing, for those who are already insinuating that it’s being moved outside this country, is false.
“The platform that the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation is providing, is what is happening here in the country,” said Idris.
