The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu recently announced that the federal government had obtained an Amplitude Modulation radio broadcast license to reach and educate herdsmen across the country.
This report was met with a lot of backlash and now the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission is stepping up to offer some clarification on the matter and released the following statement:
“The commission is reacting to the media controversy over the license granted to the National Commission for Nomadic Education for the establishment of a radio station to operate on the AM band.
“The National Commission for Nomadic Education duly applied for broadcast license in furtherance of its objectives to develop and maintain nomadic education outreach programmes, including electronically mediated ones.
“The letter of provisional approval dated September 28, 2018, was issued to the National Commission for Nomadic Education. The duration of the license is from October 8, 2018 to October 8, 2023.”
This statement was released on Saturday, May 25, 2019 and the commission urged all broadcast stations to be professional while discussing the topic and take guidance from its code.
The federal government claims the establishment of the radio station was to end the perennial farmers-herders crises across the country.
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