FG tasks public relation professionals on reawakening Nigeria’s economy

The Federal Government has called on public relation professionals to strategically deploy their skills in galvanising Nigerians home and abroad, to participate in reawakening Nigeria’s economy.

According to the government, such skills include persuasive, values-driven and inclusive communication mechanisms.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, made the call during his remarks at the Nigeria Public Relations Week (NPRW 2025) on Tuesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom.

The event with the theme, “Harnessing Public Relations for Nigeria’s Economic Renaissance,” was organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) with support from stakeholders.

“The theme evidently speaks to the NIPR’s appreciation of its strategic role in a nation of over 200 million people, endowed with human and material resources.

“And now the country is undergoing a most consequential economic reform under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

“Permit me to posit, with every iota of conviction, that the Renewed Hope Agenda is steadfastly paving the way for Nigeria’s economic renaissance.

“It is for us as public relations professionals to match the moment by strategically deploying our persuasive, values-driven and inclusive communication mechanisms.

”This is to ensure galvanising our population, home and abroad, to participate in the reawakening of an economic giant,” Idris said.

The minister noted that the first plank of the eight priority objectives of the Renewed Hope Agenda, was to “Reform the Economy for Sustained Inclusive Growth”.

He added that the path was defined by Tinubu on Day One, when he removed the fuel subsidy and floated the naira.

Idris explained that those two major policies stood as the bedrock of the nation’s economic transition or renaissance.

“While the two policies unleashed shock waves on the system, resulting in teething hardships to the populace, it has adeptly entrenched a realistic exchange rate stability.

“In the case of the oil subsidy removal, more money is accruing to the state governments to accelerate their development, and has boosted our local refining capacity of crude oil.

“A week or so from now, the Tinubu administration will be two years in office, marking a period of unprecedented investment in infrastructure, agriculture, security, and human capital, amongst others,” Idris said.

He reiterated the call for public relations professionals to deploy their skills to propagate positive narrative of the achievements of Tinubu-led administration.