OUR DEPARTMENTS
Promoting and AdvancingGovernment policies and programmes
The Ministry of Information (MOI) is essentially service oriented and ensures public communication, media and public relations, orientation and mass mobilization of the citizenry to promote an informed society.
To be an excellent and strategic mouthpiece of government, that promotes and advances its policies and programmes in a manner that ensures everyone is carried along without leaving any room for doubt or confusion especially as it concerns the clarity of our message.
DEPARTMENTSMinistry of Information, Orientation and Strategy
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS
The department gives evidence of accountability for the stewardship of government resources, particularly, on the sourcing for approved state government funds release for government project and for the pursuit of government policies to the accounting for disbursed funds released by government to the ministry.
HUMAN RESOURCE
The Administration/Human Resource Management Department is one of the seven key departments within the ministry, serving as the backbone of its internal operations. Its primary role is to ensure the smooth and efficient management of the office by overseeing day-to-day administrative tasks and ensuring that government activities run in an organized manner.
INFORMATION
Information department is a department in the Ministry of Information, Orientation and Strategy saddle with the responsibility of information gathering, processing, packaging and dissemination of government policies and programs, monitoring of media content and getting feedback as well as other sundry activities aimed at giving the state government a positive image.
NEW MEDIA
Advancement in technology has aided faster dissemination of information globally. In moving with the times, the New Media Department was created on March 6, 2012, in the Ministry of Information, Orientation and Strategy.
The department is saddled with the responsibilities of prompt gathering of information, verification and dissemination across the major Social Media channels and regular update of content on the Ministry’s Website.
PLANNING, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
The Planning, Research and Statistics Department mandate is not information dissemination and management, but handles other critical functions.
The department has four (4) units namely; Planning, Research, Statics and Procurement Unit to carry out its functions.
PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT AND ORIENTATION
The department is the livelier of the Ministry, essentially keeps video and pictorial preserves of the Government of Bayelsa State from creation to date as a repository department in the Ministry of Information, Orientation and Strategy for reference purposes. The department is also saddled with the responsibility of carrying out Public Orientation and Public Enlightenment campaigns of government policies and programmes
STRATEGY
The Strategy Department is one of the Seven (7) Departments in the Ministry of Information, Orientation and Strategy.
The Duties and Responsibilities of the Department consist of the following:
o Develops and implements strategies that satisfy the objectives of individual departments in promoting the overall corporate goals.