The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has denied reports claiming that the Ministerial Press Briefing Sessions have been relocated from Abuja to London.
Reports had indicated that the press briefing by the Ministers will be used to unfurl achievements of President Bola Tinubu’s administration in office in the past two years.
But Idris in his opening remarks at the eighth edition of the Ministerial Press Briefing Session, held at the National Press Centre in Abuja on Friday dismissed the claim.
Idris said; “This is your answer to the insinuation that the press briefing session is relocating to abroad.
“We have our responsibility first to the Nigerian nation and that’s why we invite these ministers to come here and address Nigerians and those outside this country directly from nowhere but the National Press Centre here in Abuja.
“The only platform that the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation provided for the briefing session, is right here,” he said.
Similarly, the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, who was falsely reported to be among the ministers scheduled to unveil President Tinubu’s achievements at a press briefing in London, affirmed the position of the Minister of Information and National Orientation, stating that the report is untrue.
Idris used the occasion to commend the performance of the economy, noting a marked improvement reflected in the gradual decline of the headline inflation rate as reported by the National Bureau of Statistics.
