The Director of (Press Unit) is responsible for supporting the Permanent Secretary (PS) in key administrative, supervisory, and strategic functions across the Ministry. Specific responsibilities include:
FUNCTIONS OF PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT
The functions of the Press and Public Relations Unit in accordance with the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation publicity manual are:
- Good governance tour by the Honourable Minister
- Ministerial Platform participation of the Ministry
- Assumption of duty by Honorable Ministers/CEOs
- Courtesy calls on the HMIST
- Update on Projects from annual budgets by HMIST
- Marking events by the Ministry
- Media tours by HMIST
- Meeting editors by HMIST
- Speech Writing
- Press Conference by the HMIST
- Executive Public Relations
- Photography
- Documentaries
- Publications-Newspaper, in-house
- Public donations/Award
- Public functions by the HMIST
- Unscheduled visits by the HMIST
- Foreign trips by the HMIST
- Sponsored Programmes coverage
- Advertorials
- Features and rejoinders
- Press Releases to feed the Ministry’s websites (www.scienceandtech.gov.ng)
- Commentaries/ Editorial items
Other miscellaneous publicity activities