We ‘ll Do The Needful To Make ‘State Media’ In Kebbi  Go ‘Digital’ Soon-Gov Idris

Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi state has given an assurance that the two media organizations owned by the state; the  Kebbi state  Television Service and Kebbi state Radio will soon go digital to meet  the standards .

The governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yahaya Sarki noted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com on Monday that  Idris said this   while responding to questions from journalists shortly after embarking on a tour of inspection and assessment of facilities at the two media organizations in question.

 Following the tour of inspection and assessment of   facilities and after being told the challenges facing the television station ,  the State Chief Executive made positive promises that  he has  pledged to redeem.

  Governor Idris disclosed that  the General Manager and the Commissioner for Information  have been   directed to come up with  requirements that would give birth to a durable and modernized station for his approval.

‘We went round ,we are happy with what we saw, the GM talked about payments to NBC, we will sit with the NBC and see how N138 million would be paid’  he assured. 

Governor Idris also promised to settle all the outstanding money being owed by the contractor handling the digitalization project at  the television station and provide some vehicles to the station to enable them discharge their duties diligently. 

The governor also promised that apart from the digitalization process some challenges such as issue of manpower and increase funding would be seriously addressed for better service delivery to the society. 

Earlier , the General Manager of Kebbi Television . Engr Mahe Muhammad and the General Manager of Kebbi State Radio, Alhaji Aminu Sani Kamba while appreciating the visit of the governor to their  stations highlighted some of the major challenges being faced by their respective  media organizations.

The governor had  earlier inspected a vocational center for JSS students at Nagari College, Birnin Kebbi, Bovine Artificial Insemination Unit and made some observations on the ongoing  Emir Haruna road construction project in Birnin Kebbi-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you