Speaker of the House of Peoples Representatives (HPR), Tagesse Chaffo urged media outlets in Ethiopia to work responsibly for the national interest of the country by promoting peace and democracy.
The Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) in collaboration with various institutions organized a consultative forum under the theme “Media for the National Interest”.
Speaker of the House Tagesse Chaffo, National Dialogue Chief Commissioner, Professor Mesfin Araya, government officials, heads of media and communication institutions attended the forum.
The Speaker on the occasion said Ethiopians should strive to register success in their respective fields of work in order to safeguard and sustain the national interest of their country and the security of its citizens.
The national interest of the country has always been well protected and passed down from generation to generation, the speaker said emphasizing the need to continue this culture.
In this regard, Tagesse stressed that the media must work with high sense of responsibility for the building of peace and democracy in Ethiopia.
The speaker prized the over 80-year-old media institution, ENA, for allowing the media and communication sector to consult on the importance of safeguarding the national interest of the country.
He assured that the government is carrying out effective activities to protect the national interest of Ethiopia.
Hence, media institutions should focus on peace, democracy and development endeavors of the nation by overcoming challenges together.
Despite differences, it is necessary to work for the solidarity and unity of the people by resolving the differences through effective discussion and consultation, he noted.
He pointed out that the mass media should work for the development and national interest of Ethiopia by strengthening peace and unity, he underscored the need to realize lasting peace through transitional justice mechanism.
Ethiopian News Agency Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Seife Derbe said ENA is serving as a reliable source of information by delivering all forms of news and news-related issues in local and international languages.
ENA, with dozens of branch offices across all regions in the country, has been producing and dispatching multimedia news and news-related contents in Amharic, English, Arabic and French languages.
The Ethiopian News Agency is also striving to become a leading source of information in Africa by 2030, he stated.
The CEO further said that the newly built state of the art media complex will start broadcasting in foreign languages on a trial basis soon and work is being done to launch a complete broadcasting service in September.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency