Our correspondent
The Kano State Commissioner for Information Baba Halilu Dantiye has requested journalists to apply data Journalism in their reporting for accuracy.
He gave the encouragement today while addressing participants of the Daily Trust foundation workshop for journalists on advanced data Journalism at Guest Pride Hotel, kano.
Dantiye noted that an accurate report generated from data journalism would help government to appreciate its strength and identify its weaknesses in addressing public demands.
He emphasized that as members of the fourth estate of democratic governance Journalists have a duty to work hard to provide reliable and accurate report devoid of subjectivity for the benefit of the society.
The Commissioner pointed out that only recently, the State Commissioner of education discovered that many Schools were being managed by inadquate number of teachers, noting that if our journalists were undertaking data journalism this data would have been available to the people and assist government in addressing this huge problem.
He said Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf always welcomes accurate and unbiased news report which support in the management of government businesses.
He espressed Governor’s appreciation to the organizers of the training which he noted will broden the knowledge and improve the skills of the parcipants.
Earlier, in his presentation, the Programme Director of the Daily Trust Foundation Theophilus Abbah said Data Journalism requires commitment, hard work, patience and diligence in carryout their out their assignment.
He told the participants that the foundation is equipping the journalists with necessary tools for Data Journalism to enhance their skills in their daily assignment.
