\nVeteran broadcaster, Dr Danladi Bako, on Sunday, congratulated Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, as the institution’s UDUS Campus Radio 89.7 FM commenced full broadcast.<\/p>\n
Bako congratulated the institution in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
‘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.<\/p>\n
This, he said, was for ‘the sole purpose of training our Mass Communication students to become world class.’<\/p>\n
Recalling how the institution got accreditation for mass communication, Bako noted the roles he and the former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Risqua Shehu, played.<\/p>\n
Bako, who equa
\nlly 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.’<\/p>\n
‘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.’<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Source: News Agency of Nigeria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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