Nigeria's Gombe State government will set up a newspaper to report on the administration, the special assistant to the state governor on printing and publishing has disclosed.

Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Yidikawu said the newspaper is needed to inform the public on government activities, a challenge in light of the state Printing and Publishing Company's poor condition, according to an article posted on AllAfrica.com.

The company will produce a paper that will “reflect government in good light,” the article stated, but did not give a launch date for the newspaper.

Yidikawu told members of the state's Correspondents' Chapel of the NUJ that “to successfully float and run a newspaper I will need your professional advice and contributions. I want you to see this project as your baby because it must have your input to survive.”