By Sunny Anderson Osiebe...
The
Office of the President of the Senate is indeed delighted at the
endorsement of the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki for
opening up the activities of the 8th Nigerian National
Assembly through various channels, especially the daily Facebook Live
Video streaming from Senate Plenary.
The
Chief Product Officer and Company Lead on Product Management and
Development of Facebook, Christopher Cox, gave the commendation while
speaking at The Future of Media Keynote Session and
opening of the annual Social Media Week held at the Landmark Centre in
Lagos.
Special
Assistant to the Senate President on New Media, Bamikole Omishore, in a
statement in Abuja, said: "This commendation reinforces one of the core
mandates of the Senate President to
the New Media unit, which is to bridge the gap between the Senate and
Nigerians.
"The
Nigerian Senate facebook live streaming has an average view of four
million unique clicks monthly for the plenary live feeds and we will be
expanding coverage to courtesy calls, committee
hearings and oversights in the next few months," he said.
Omishore
added: "You would recall that Saraki personally attended the 2016
edition of the Social Media Week in company of Senators Foster Ogola,
Dino Melaye and Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi amongst
others, where he spoke on the topic: "Promoting Online Communities to
improve Participatory Governance" and subsequently had a no-holds-barred
interaction with traditional and social media enthusiasts on how to
continue bridging the gap between elected government
officials and Nigerians passionate about the use of social media for
political engagement.
"We are
encouraged to do more with this commendation and wish to kindly
reiterate and assure our friends, from the online community and beyond,
of the commitment of the Senate President towards
ensuring that the 8th National Assembly continues to witness improved
transparency and accountability on government functions and people
participation," he said.
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