National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust has hailed drama as crucial for dissemination of information about the national registration of citizens.<\/p>\n
Nice Executive Director Ollen Mwalubunju observed this in Blantyre during a day-long workshop to drill artists in national registration exercise.<\/p>\n
Mwalubunju said some parts of the country are hard-to-reach and radio and television drama can play a crucial role in dissemination of crucial information on the exercise.<\/p>\n
\u201cNice is a civic education organisation. We cannot do this all by ourselves and that is why we are engaging the actors, besides, research has shown that radio and television drama is the most cost-effective way of information dissemination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dyson Gonthi, one of the participants, hailed the training as beneficial. He said the actors were ready to civic educate the people on the importance of the exercise.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are ready. This is a national cause and we will help the government in information dissemination. The training has helped us to have accurate knowledge on the issue so that we in turn tell Malawians the truth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
National Registration Bureau (NRB) Public Relations Officer Norman Fulatira said the bureau conducted two preliminary phases to test its equipment and logistics to have a clear picture of the exercise.<\/p>\n
Fulatira said the bureau has put in place necessary measures to ensure that only Malawians register.<\/p>\n
He, however, called for active participation of all stakeholders if the exercise is to be successful.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe registration is only for Malawians. People will have to be identified by their village heads as Malawians. They can also produce valid identification cards like passports, drivers\u2019 licences and voter\u2019s cards, if not then at least two registered people will have to vouch for their citizenship to register,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The first phase of mass registration is expected to start on May 24 to December this year.<\/p>\n
NRB is carrying out the exercise to the tune of $50 million, 60 percent of which will come from development partners while the government will provide the remaining 40 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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