By M.A. Egge
The Minister of Information, Culture and National Guidance Hon. Ali Mohamed Hassan hailed the President for gracing the occasion of the maiden graduation of the first batch of 23 pioneer students at the Media Training Institute at the ministry’s headquarters.
He said, “Mr. President, it is our pleasure to welcome you to the Media Training Institute which is part and parcel of the Ministry of Information established five months ago and here we are today seeing the pioneer batch graduating in this grand ceremony”.
He added, “I humbly thank you today for gracing this occasion which is a great honour for both the graduates and the entire ministry at large”.
The minister gave a brief on his stay at the ministry highlighting the truly monumental progress that his have been able to achieve in his short stint of roughly a year at the docket.
He informed the audience present of the high caliber of the tutorial staff at the institute.
He hailed both his deputy and the ministry’s DG for being a gem in the ministry hence pointed out the valuable selfless inputs that they have injected into the progressive fledgling of the ministry.