Over 1,000 digital media experts, including journalists, bloggers, content creators, new media aides, policymakers and industry leaders, are expected to participate in the South East Progressive Digital Media Summit 2026, scheduled to be held in the Imo State capital, Owerri.

This was disclosed to newsmen in Owerri by the coordinator of the summit and senior special assistant to Imo State Governor on Electronic and Creative Media, Ambrose Nwaogwugwu.

Nwaogwugwu said "the summit scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 11 and Thursday, February 12, 2026, in Owerri, Imo State, is a strategic platform designed to strengthen digital media engagement, promote responsible communication, and deepen progressive participation in governance and nation-building across the South East."

He said, "The theme of the Summit is: 'The Critical Role of Digital Media in Enhancing National Integration of the South East."

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He stressed that the principal objective of the Summit is to mobilise coordinated, disciplined, and positive digital media support for Progressive Governors of the South East and the Presidency's progressive administration, through structured engagement, capacity building, and message alignment.

"With over 1,000 participants, including journalists, bloggers, content creators, new media aides, policymakers, and industry leaders, the Summit will focus on emerging digital trends and the role of new media in advancing national growth, democratic values, the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, and the agendas of the Progressive Governors in the south east."

The event will be graced by APC Governors of the South East, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, members of the Federal Executive Council from the South East, party leaders, and other distinguished national figures.