Abia state commissioner of police Mr. Kenechukwu Onwuemelie has called for deeper level’s of collaboration between his command and information managers in the state to sustain existing peace under the current administration.
The police commissioner made the call while on a courtesy visit to the Abia state commissioner for information and culture Prince Okey Kanu in his office.
The police boss identified four key elements which projects state power; diplomacy, military, economy and information. He stressed that nation-states places priority on information management as a critical aspect of governance.
His visit is to seek a more rounded and consistent partnership with the Abia state ministry of Information to ensure that information in deployed efficiently in line with developmental strides of Governor Alex Otti.
The Abia state police boss noted that his courtesy call to the ministry of information was his first visit to any ministry in the state stressing that his ultimate goal was to ensure that the mutual interest of the Abia police command and the state government are met and sustained in line with the vision of the state governor.
Commissioner of police kenechukwu Onwuemelie highlighted the destructive tendency of negative information and fake news calling on information managers and pressmen to help suppress it’s spread and influence in contemporary society.
The CP also decried the rising trend of jungle justice in the state enjoining the state ministry of Information and newsmen to help in public enlightenment on this crime and the need for members of the public to follow the law in reporting crime to the police in Abia and not to resort to self help.
In his response, commissioner for Information Prince Okey Kanu described the visit of the police boss to his ministry as strategic and timely agreeing that there is need for collaboration between his ministry and the state Police command.
He pledged his support to the Abia Police command noting that the Information ministry was on top of information management in the state and is obligated to support the efforts of the police to curb the spread of dangerous information in the state.
Prince Okey Kanu told the police boss that the agencies under the ministry of Information are always ready to deploy their resources for the benefit of the police in the state.
Accompanying the police boss on the courtesy visit was the state command operations head and state command public relations officer.