Nile State excels in media and dazzles investors economically – the latest treatment – ✍️ Khaled Fadl Al-Sayyid
The importance of the Nile State and its distinctive geographical and strategic location present the State and its government members with a real challenge: to take advantage of the State's economic advantages and resources and reflect them optimally to attract internal and external investors and promote it in order to develop the State in various sectors and to move the wheel of the State's and Sudan's economy.
The diverse and numerous natural resources that the Nile State is blessed with make it a destination for investments and investors from within and outside the country.
It has become one of the important and strategic states that Sudan relies on for its economic development.
All these characteristics have led the state to pay attention to the media aspect of its different types, as it is the important and influential sector at this stage to reflect the bright face of the state and present it inside and outside, which is why it began to develop and promote it to serve the state in its investment and economic plan.
The Ministry of Culture, Media and Communications of the State, through its directors and ministers, has become the tip of the spear and the dynamo that relies on it at this stage. Efforts have been unified so that the roles are integrated into a single crucible. advance and develop the media in order to serve the State and its economic and investment objectives.
Through well-thought-out plans and measures, the state has begun to implement its media plan by developing the media, training media professionals, technicians and administrators, and rehabilitating media institutions such as television, radio and satellite channels. feel the footsteps and go beyond borders, then global, after activating the media institutions, the signs of which have begun to appear clearly.
As part of the efforts of the state government to promote and develop the media and its media institutions, Radio Beladi has been re-broadcasted at the Shindi Broadcasting Centre, covering Shendi and Matama localities. With the return of Radio Beladi to Shindi, all national radio stations operating in the country will regularly operate their stations in Shendi and Matama localities.
In light of this media development, the state has not forgotten its role towards the homeland, defending it and standing alongside the armed forces in the same trench against international conspiracies targeting the state, the homeland and its armed forces.
The Nile State is considered the first state from which the spark of popular resistance was launched, as Al Karama training camps were opened in its various cities and villages under the supervision of the leadership of the 3rd Infantry Division of Shindi State. It equipped a large number of mobilized personnel who participated in military operations inside and outside the state and counted a number of martyrs among the leaders and individuals, and after that, the rest of the states followed suit.
In the same vein, the media, both printed and visual, played an important role in the mobilization and alerts that took place inside the country due to the war waged by the rebel Rapid Support militias against the homeland and the armed forces.
In this media field, cooperation took place with the military media, represented by the Moral Directorate, the official mouthpiece of the army, as well as the Armed Forces Radio and the Armed Forces Journal, in their capacity as part of the media system. In the state, this was clearly demonstrated in the creation of the media room to refute the rumors that united the message and the media discourse. The media room managed to refute the lies and confront the rumors spread by the rebel media through various newspapers and media platforms.
In addition to the local media in the state, the government brought with it media professionals from Khartoum State to the Nile State to benefit from their media expertise. The governor of the state, Mr. Mohamed Al-Badawi Abdel-Majed, He met them and members of his government among the ministers in the hospitality palace when they came, welcoming them and motivating them at the same time for their effective role in dealing with the problems. The nationalists were asked to write without fear about the shortcomings and defects. , as they were considered the fourth estate.
On their part, the expatriate media professionals formed an association that grouped them all together, called (the Khartoum River Nile Media Association), from which other media branches branched out in the cities where the media professionals were distributed according to the geographical locations of their residence. These associations published electronic newspapers specific to the cities in which they settled, which helped to spread community awareness in the state and reflect the bright face of these cities and villages. to refute rumors through the media room to refute rumors from those who are part of their training.
As part of activating the media work, the governor of the state, Mohamed Al-Badawi, met in the city of Al-Damer with the delegation of the General Union of Sudanese Journalists, which included some members of the executive office headed by Mr. Al. -Sadiq Al-Raziqi, chairman of the Union, and the three leaders of the state sub-union, headed by Mr. Jamal Makkawi, as well as the vice president of the African Journalists Union. The meeting discussed many issues. In the field of journalism and media in the Nile State and at the national level, the meeting secured the participation of the Nile State Journalists Sub-Syndicate in the meeting of journalists with the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan in the city of Port Sudan, in addition to intensifying the training of journalists and media professionals in the Nile State, inside and outside Sudan, to benefit from the agreements signed with Turkey.
The meeting resulted in the allocation of a vehicle and a house to the state journalists' sub-syndicate, and the governor agreed to immediately own seven rickshaws as a first payment and to establish a sub-fund for the care of Sudanese journalists and doctors. cards for health care.
It is also expected that journalists from Khartoum and the States will be supported by the World Press Federation grant.
An initial approval was given to establish towns to accommodate journalists and media workers on the Nile and provide them with livelihoods. Mr. Al-Sadiq Al-Ruzaiqi, Chairman of the General Union of Sudanese Journalists, praised the support and assistance provided. The arriving journalists received from the governor of the state and members of his government, commending the appreciated efforts of the state government.
In the same vein, in mid-September, the State is expecting the visit of the delegation of the International Federation of Journalists to meet with Sudanese journalists, in the presence of all its members, journalists and state leaders. to receive this unique media event, considered a media pride for the State in view of the achievements it has made in the media field.
As part of the media movement taking place in the Nile State, the Governor of the State, Mr. Muhammad Al-Badawi Abdel Majid, met with the media leaders of the Nile State, headed by Lieutenant General Omar Al-Nour, head of the media system for the Battle of Karama, the head of the Sudanese Heritage Association, Mr. Jamal Makkawi, the head of the State Journalists Union, Ms. Hayat Hamida, the social secretary of the Union, and Mr. Kamal Hamed, Professor Abdul Rahman Muhammad Al-Amin and Dr. Hassan Muhammad Saleh.
In addition to a number of press and media executives at federal and state levels.
Professor Mustafa Muhammad Othman, Deputy Governor and Minister of Culture, Information and Communications, participated in the meeting, alongside Dr. Abdullah Abdul Maarouf Muhammad, CEO of Giad Industrial Group.
The Governor of the Nile State, Dr. Muhammad Al-Badawi Abu Qarun, praised the initiative of the Journalists Union and the special programs it launched in the ministries and institutions of the state and affirmed his full sponsorship of all the programs and activities of the General Union of Journalists of the Country and the State, praising the important and appreciated efforts it is making in the state and the great movement it is leading to support and assist the media and journalistic cadres. The governor stressed the need to expand these visits to all localities and places. He considered that the media is a thoughtful woman and that it is an authority. He announced the adoption of the establishment of the City of Journalists and Media Professionals in the country. State.
Deputy Governor and Minister of Culture and Information Mr. Mustafa Muhammad Othman affirmed that the media is considered a responsibility and trust that requires sincerity, impartiality and priority to the higher interest of the nation. He praised the great role of the media in the battle for dignity and added that they look forward to a greater media role in the nation's issues and rallying around the nation and the armed forces and supporting and assisting them during the war period.
At the end of the meeting, the media delegation expressed its praise for the distinguished performance and appreciated efforts of the Nile State government in managing the crisis phase during the war period and for the state which hosted a large number of expatriates and stood by them.
The delegation welcomed the governor's interest in the media issue and stressed his full concern to cooperate with the state to advance in various areas and reflect and highlight these unprecedented achievements.
For his part, the CEO of Giad Group gave an overview of the group's programs and projects after its strong launch from Nile State after the outbreak of the war in Khartoum State. He praised the great support they found from the governor of the state, who encouraged them to continue the group's work, and highlighted the launch of a number of programs and projects, the most important of which is the project to provide agricultural equipment to young farmers in the Al-Zidab agricultural project.
He promised everyone the soon introduction of electric cars in the state, stressing the continuation of cooperation with the General Union of Sudanese Journalists, and announced the soon provision of means of transportation and cars to journalists.
