By Innocent Kachingwe

Blantyre, May 21, Mana: National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust has urged journalists from different media houses to play a vital role in civic educating the public ahead of the 2025 general elections.

NICE Programmes Officer for Blantyre, Glory Ngosi Maulidi, made the call on Tuesday during a meeting at Blantyre District Council, which was meant to discuss how the media can join NICE Trust in civic educating people on electoral processes to prevent voter apathy.

Maulidi added that there are some issues that the media need to follow up in promoting mindset change, considering that most of the women, youths and people with disabilities do not participate in national issues, such as general elections.

“The media is very important to the public in disseminating information. NICE Trust is therefore calling on the media institutions to encourage the women, youths and people with disabilities to take part in the forthcoming general elections through different programmes and publications,” she said.

Maulidi added that NICE Trust will support National Registration Bureau (NRB) and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to ensure effective National ID registration and voter registration processes so that many are eligible to participate in the 2025 general elections.

One of the participants from YONECO FM, Smart Sochela, said that his media house has a programme called “Ufulu ndi Udindo” that talks about the importance of people's rights in participating on issues of national importance.

The meeting was attended by eight journalists from various media houses, such as Pentecostal Radio, Ndirande FM, Eagle FM, Mzati Radio and Angaliba TV and Radio, among others.