29 July 2008
By Christiana Esebonu
The Youth Media and Communication Initiative (YMCI) in collaboration with National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) and the British Council, Nigeria, is to begin its first Africa Media Literacy Conference today.
According to the group, the conference, tagged, "A tool for Youth Empowerment, Democratic Engagement and National Development," is aimed at creating conditions that would promote sustainable media education in Africa. Adding that the event is scheduled to take place at the Ladi Kwali Conference Centre, Abuja Sheraton Hotel and Towers.
They further revealed that the conference hopes to develop policy documents that will facilitate the integration of media literacy into schools curriculum and to promote democratic engagement for young people by providing them with the needed tools and confidence that will enable them to be active citizens in a progressive and open society amongst others.
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