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Assessment Tour : FRCN DG to Prioritize Staff’s Welfare

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By Bolanle Adesida

People of Ogun State have been assured of better service delivery as the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, explores partnerships for improved performance as a public entity. 

The Director General of FRCN, Dr Mohammed Bulama who gave the assurance shortly after his assessment tour of facilities at the Radio Nigeria Paramount FM Abeokuta, said the move would also help to boost patronage and revenue generation efforts of the station. 

Dr Bulama, who spent his growing years as a pupil at Odogbolu in Ogun State said the FRCN would tap into the state’s viable economy and high concentration of both human and material resources to enable the Corporation to maximize its potential for the benefit of the people. 

The FRCN DG who identified the need for increased funding as one of the challenges confronting FRCN, emphasized that the problems were surmountable and called for attitudinal change among the staff in the Corporation’s bid to uplift the people and unite the nation.

The Director General and other top members of the FRCN management were taken round the facilities of Radio Nigeria Paramount FM Abeokuta, by the Zonal Director, FRCN, Ibadan Zonal Station, Mr Dominic Mokikan. 

Lifestyle

Be Professional to the Core, FRCN DG Charges Editors

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There is a need for editors in the media industry to be professional while reviewing news productions for optimal performance and the benefit of the listener.

The Deputy Director News, Ibadan Zonal Station, Mr Samson Abiodun made this known while delivering the message of the Director General of FRCN, Dr Mansur Liman to News Department Staff at Abeokuta.

Mr Abiodun explained that it was necessary to engage in regular meetings to enable editors to keep abreast of programmes that needed coverage.

He also urged news editors to always discuss ahead of bulletin productions with their supervisor and colleagues for the interest of the station.

The Deputy Director of News commended the staff for their hard work, and perseverance and encouraged them to keep the flag of Radio Nigeria flying by uplifting the people and uniting the nation through disseminating accurate news to the people.

In a remark, the General Manager, Paramount FM Abeokuta, Mr Akinyinka Akintola and the Manager News, Mrs Oluremi Olugbenro appreciated the Deputy Director News for his support, and training and promised to put measures in place to ensure that stories are issue-based.

Wale  Oluokun

Politics

Facility Decay: House Committee Assures FRCN of Quick Response

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House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, has pledged its determination to upgrade facilities of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN.

Chairman of the committee, Mr. Olusegun Odebunmi made the pledge when he led other members of the committee on facility inspection to FRCN stations in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Radio Nigeria reporter, Adedayo Adelowo, reports that the committee was received by the management of the FRCN Ibadan Zonal Station.

The first port of call was Amuludun FM at Moniya, the only federal government-owned indigenous radio station in the Southwest, where they were received amidst pomp and ceremony.

The facilities inspected both at Amuludun FM and Broadcasting House, Dugbe, included live and recording studios, mast and power generating plants which has been one of the major challenges of the station, and other broadcasting equipment.

The Zonal Director, FRCN Ibadan Zonal Station, Alhaji Mohammed Bello, who conducted them round the operational areas, took the pains to explain the state of the broadcasting equipment.

Alhaji Bello said Radio Nigeria was an asset to the nation, which should not be allowed to languish in infrastructural decay.

Having inspected the facilities, the chairman of the committee and member representing Ogo-Oluwa/Surulere Federal Constituency in Oyo State, Mr. Olusegun Odebunmi, who expressed dissatisfaction on the state of facilities at the federal establishment, however, commended management and staff of FRCN Ibadan for dishing out quality services despite the visible challenges.

Mr. Odebunmi pledged the readiness of the committee to put the needs of the station forward for prompt action, expressing the confidence that the visit would definitely yield positive results in no distant time.

He implored the management and staff of FRCN to work towards improving their internally generated revenue to complement the effort of the government.

In a remark, Director General, FRCN, Dr. Mansur Liman, who was represented by the Director of Finance, Mr. Michael Oluwole, assured the visitors that Radio Nigeria would not disappoint them.

The committee, thereafter proceeded to the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Ibadan.

Adedayo Adelowo