Communicators in Western Equatoria State Urged to Use Communication as a “Bridge, not as a Wall”
Communicators in Western Equatoria State Urged to Use Communication as a “Bridge, not as a Wall”
By Arkangelo Rangabia
Mr. Mande Daniel, Communication Skills Lecture at St. John Catholic University Yambio Campus on Monday morning urged Western Equatoria State Communicators to use communication as a” bridge, not as a wall”.
In his Monday, May 15 message on the anticipated occasion of the 57th World Communication Day (WCD), Mr. Mande said that communication is paramount as it builds good rapport among individuals and groups people through multiple sources such as the internet, social media platforms, and radio among others.
Speaking at Anisa Radio, Mr. Mande said, “the whole human life is existing by communicating the human need, vision, relationship and resolving differences stressing that youths should not forget to respect for each other in the media”.
He added that social media users to social media for development and peace rather than creating a negative impact on social media adding that some youth buy expensive social media facilities to use for unbeneficial yet in other world young people use social media to generate money through e-commerce, find jobs, transfer cash among others”.
Mr. Mande further called on the stakeholders to allow freedom of expression as through communication the citizens can be able to communicate their needs to the government and vice versa adding that a community where people are not allowed to speak is not a democratic community and development is not meeting the need of the people as such it will remain an impaired community.
He urged the general public to work hand in hand to minimize the barriers to communication of which education is the major. All should go to school to create a direct relationship and mutual understanding with their counterpart around the globe.
World commutation day is observed in Yambio-WES as a bridge to create a positive relationship to pave the way for peace and development.
The Vatican Media on 29th September 2022 announced that WCD is set to be celebrated on Sunday, May 21, under the theme, “Speaking With the Heart, the Truth with Love”.
