The Institute of Information Management (IIM) has announced plans to engage key stakeholders during its 2017 National Summit to discuss issues on information deficit, sharing, exchange and proffer possible solutions to stop misinformation between the government and the governed.
The institute also revealed that the summit is expected to discuss the implications of engaging information management experts in information management, dissemination and exchange, application of effective technological platforms and the most suitable way to leverage them.
According to Oyedokun Ayodeji Oyewole, President and Chairman of the Council, IIM Africa; “Effective information management allows the government to share with the public a variety of information in unlimited quantities on demand and allows the citizens to also bring issues of importance and concerns to the attention of both the local, state and federal governments. It is the duty of the government to leverage on effective communication and information exchange since informed citizens make a better society.”
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Special guest panelists at the summit including Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communication, Lai Muhammed, Minister of Information and Culture, Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ismaila Isa, Chairman Governing Council Nigeria Institute of Journalism, Mahmoud Abubakar Balarabe, SAN – President Nigeria Bar Association will al discuss on the planned theme; “Information VS communication: effective management as a tool for bridging information and communication gap between the government and the governed.”
Others confirmed speakers are Oyedokun Ayodeji Oyewole, Chairman/President, Institute of Information Management, Montana John Christian, CEO Montaña& Associates, Colorado, USA.
The forum will also discuss the pros and cons of government’s approach on various information management and communication issues and ultimately identifying the missing links on proper information dissemination and exchange between the government and the governed, as key motivation for information management initiatives are to promote and spur greater citizen engagement.
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Apart from the discussions, the event is also expected to feature the conferment of the Institute of Information Management (IIM) fellowship on individuals who have made substantial contribution to the development of the information management and technology profession, its practices or the institute of information management itself and honorary fellows on other professionals with backgrounds outside of information management field but are identified as having made significant contributions that impact on the profession and the society or the institute of information management.
The 2017 national summit, induction and investiture ceremony is scheduled to hold in Abuja on November 18, 2017.
Jumoke Akiyode Lawanson
