All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Abia State chapter has commenced the publication of Cockerel, a monthly magazine named after the party’s logo.
The 32 page magazine is a human interest magazine with a glossy cover and Inner on Bond paper. It will be distributed regionally in the South East but will cover national and international subjects. It will also be available online.
A statement signed by State Publicity Secretary of APGA, Madu Chikwendu, said” “The motivation for Cockerel is really quite simple .Mass media is virtually nonexistent in Abia State. The state run newspaper merely circulates a handful of copies amongst some government officials whilst the government electronic media is the epitome of unprofessional practice which has been convulsing from repeated fines from the regulatory authorities.
“Ironically these state owned media outlets have been the primary instruments of the consecutive PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) led governments for the perpetuation of oppression and bad governance. Inaccessibility of the major towns in Abia as a result of bad roads results in the late delivery of newspapers thereby discouraging Abians from reading.
“A tacit acknowledgement of the infectiveness of their media apparatus is the fact that government fritters away urge amounts on private and federal media outlet. Indeed, following the runaway success of our radio programme ‘APGA Update’, the ruling PDP has gone to create a copy cat programme now airing on Pacesetter FM Umuahia.
“APGA Abia is proud to set the pace and show the way for the caretaker government. Ours is a robust, innovative political party that will continue to set the by redefining opposition politics.”
The party says that in addition to the magazine, plans are in to launch more radio and TV programmes.
