Veteran broadcaster, Dr Danladi Bako, on Sunday, congratulated Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, as the institution’s UDUS Campus Radio 89.7 FM commenced full broadcast.

Bako congratulated the institution in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

The broadcaster, who holds a traditional title of Kogunan Sokoto, and former Information Commissioner in the state, also paid tributes to the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Lawal Bilbis, over the feat.

‘Today, as a Senior Lecturer in the Mass Communication Department myself, I acknowledge the incredible efforts the current Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Bilbis, has put in during his tenure to make the dream of the Campus Radio a reality, ‘ he said.

This, he said, was for ‘the sole purpose of training our Mass Communication students to become world class.’

Recalling how the institution got accreditation for mass communication, Bako noted the roles he and the former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Risqua Shehu, played.

Bako, who equa
lly paid tributes to Shehu, also said: ‘The former vice-chancellor pursued vigorously the acquisition of a radio licence from the National Broadcasting Commission, where I was former Director General and eventually licence was acquired.’

‘The Dean, Head of Department, Dr Mijinyawa, and the students must all be commended for their diligence , commitment and endurance toward the realisation of this project, which started transmission yesterday, Saturday April 13, 2024.’

He urged the university community and the public to give the members of staff and students support as they begin their first test of covering the institution’s convocation on Saturday.

Source: News Agency of Nigeria