Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the federal government is set to launch a re-orientation campaign tagged: “Change Begins With Me.”
The minister made the disclosure when he received the management of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, on a courtesy visit to his office on Monday.
The campaign would be launched by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
He commended the NLNG for its effort at promoting creativity through its Literature Prize, urging the company to extend similar gesture to the new re-orientation Campaign, which will be launched on Thursday, September 8.
Mohammed said: “Of all the good things you have done, the one that struck me most has been the Literary Prize.
“It speaks volumes for a company, which is involved in gas exploration, to realize that it must also institute a prize for the creativity industry.
“It is a realization that the single most important investment you can make is the investment in human mind.
“I believe that flowing from that, you need to also work more closely with us in the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, especially as you know that we are engaged in a very large-scale advocacy and programmes that promote the creative industry especially in the area of culture.
“But I think the most relevant one, for which we seek partnership, is in our National Orientation Campaign, which we are launching on Thursday the 8th of September,” he said.
The minister explained that the ”Change Begins With Me” campaign is aimed at bringing about a turnaround in the mindset of Nigerians.
He described the NLNG as one of the most successful examples of Public Private Partnership in Nigeria, while urging all relevant stakeholders and the various arms of government to support the organization to continue to contribute to nation-building.
Mohammed also commended the efforts of the company in the promotion of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, which, according to him, will go a long way in reducing the reliance on kerosene, petrol and diesel, thereby conserving the nation’s foreign exchange.
Managing Director of NLNG, Tony Attah, expressed appreciation for the role played by the Minister in bringing positive change to Nigeria.
“Honourable Minister, we appreciate your role in the Change Agenda, we appreciate your role in carrying the entire Nigeria along in terms of the Change Agenda through positive information because, as we say, it is an informed society that is most likely to move along to a positive height,” he said.
He said the NLNG, in which Nigeria holds 49% equity, had contributed $20 billion in revenue and $6 billion in taxes to the Nigerian economy in the last five years.
Attah said the company is equally playing a critical role in technology transfer in collaboration with some universities, and it is also intensifying efforts to develop LPG to further diversify the energy source for the country.