The Federal Authorities says the forthcoming World Public Relations Discussion board (WPRF) Abuja 2026 will current a possibility to counter false narratives about Nigeria and spotlight its progress.
The Minister of Data and Nationwide Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, acknowledged this on the WPRF Abuja 2026 Nationwide unveiling ceremony in Abuja.
The WPRF Abuja 2026, with the theme “Accountable Communication: The Voice of the World”, is organised by the International Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Administration.
In line with Idris, as host of the WPRF 2026, Nigeria is assuming a management function on the worldwide stage {of professional} communication.
“We’re a rustic of over 200 million voices, various, dynamic and deeply expressive.
“Our democracy thrives on dialogue and beneath President Bola Tinubu’s administration, a management function on the worldwide stage {of professional} communication, the place the nation is certainly a centre of humanity.
“By way of the Nationwide Orientation Coverage of my ministry, the open authorities communication framework and the strengthening of presidency info establishments are selling the tradition of truthful governance narratives and citizen inclusion.
“The forthcoming WPRF 2026 in Abuja is greater than a worldwide convention. It is a chance to current Nigeria as a mannequin of transformation by communication.
“Beneath President Tinubu’s administration, the world is seeing a Nigeria that’s reforming, rebranding and re-emerging, pushed by innovation, personal sector development and renewed worldwide confidence,” Idris stated.
The minister charged all communicators, journalists and public officers to rise to the problem of accountable communication.
“Let this unveiling at present be a name to conscience. To practitioners: maintain the road of reality. To the media: inform with integrity. To public officers: talk with transparency. To residents, converse with empathy,” he stated.
He additional expressed optimism that WPRF Abuja 2026 can be remembered as a milestone in reshaping Nigeria’s international picture.
“Beneath Tinubu, Nigeria is reshaping its international picture.
“Let this discussion board be remembered because the second when Africa’s largest democracy led the world in defining what it means to speak with conscience,” Idris stated.
In the meantime, the President of the NIPR, Dr Ike Neliaku, defined that the WPRF Abuja 2026 was like a FIFA Soccer World Cup.
“We’re going to obtain folks from over 126 international locations coming to Nigeria to debate accountable communication.
“The fantastic thing about that is that, aside from the very fact that is the primary time Nigeria is internet hosting this, it is a manner of projecting Nigeria to the worldwide neighborhood.
“We have now to indicate them the genuine Nigeria, not the misinformation and faux information they’re studying about Nigeria.
“And likewise, for the primary time, the African Public Relations Affiliation additionally gave us the mandate to host their 2026 convention.
“We’re very grateful. So we could have back-to-back internet hosting of Africa and the world,” Neliaku stated.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) studies that the Nationwide Committee for the WPRF Abuja 2026 was unveiled with Dr Suleiman Haruna because the Chairman, Malam Yakubu Lamai as Co-Chairman and 20 others.
In style Nigerian hip hop star Harmless Idibia, often known as “2Baba”, was introduced to the viewers because the Music Ambassador of WPRF Abuja 2026. (NAN)
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