OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO
All is now set as Dr. Michael NWOKO, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Health Monitoring has been selected to deliver a lecture, Covid-19; It’s Implications on Unvaccinated Community of Persons and of course, the benefits in observing the approved World Health Organisation’s protocols, including Vaccination.
This is contained in a statement signed by Comr. Patrick Ochei, chairman, Planning Committee, ACNPN Media Week 2021, it noted that Dr. Nwoko who is a leading voice in driving Delta State Government’s policies on Covid-19 since its outbreak will seize the opportunity of interfacing with the actual opinion leaders from various communities of the state, to convince them on the need to propagate the message of collective cooperation to eradicate the pandemic from the state.
The statement further noted that the award winning medical doctor was carefully selected to do justice to the Theme of the Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria( ACNPN’s) Media Week, as a result of his indept Knowledge of infectious diseases of which Covid-19 is one.
The statement added that the group considered the fact that Dr Nwoko had done much more Advocacy on the issue of Covid-19 pandemic, using several mass media channels on many occasions to appeal to citizens of the state to get vaccinated.
According to the statement, “in most of the interviews Dr. Nwoko had granted, he usually takes time to explain the myth behind the dreaded disease while at the same time pushing for vaccination with everybody in mind.”
The statement further added, “the Publishers had considered Dr. Nwoko as a great instrument in helping the government to persuade vaccine hesitant persons to get vaccinated, while at the same time achieve its desire to eradicate Coronavirus. As a result of this confidence reposed in him, he was chosen to deliver the lecture on the Theme: “Community Media, Covid-19 and Proper Information Management” directly to Delta community stakeholders.”
The event will hold at Orchid Hotel in Asaba on Thursday, November 11, 2021, with dignitaries from all walks of life coming to be a part of the great event.
