Bayero University gets broadcast licence


By Content Nigeria reporter
August 7, 2019

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Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has granted a direct satellite broadcast licence to Kano’s Bayero University, enabling it to set up a TV station and train students in broadcasting.

Mallam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu

The news was revealed by NBC director general Mallam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu when he met the management of the university in his office.

“The commission has a tremendous partnership with the university in the area of broadcast journalism,” Modibbo Kawu said.

Bayero University vice-chancellor Muhammad Bello expressed his gratitude to the management of NBC for the licence, adding: “The institution will use the licence properly in accordance with the rules of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code for the good and betterment of the broadcasting industry as well as the development of Nigeria.

“The university has a community radio station which is presently serving the institution and its environ and the TV licence could not have come at a better time, given the unbundling of mass communication in the institution. The licence will be used for the training of students in investigative journalism and broadcasting and it will also afford the students the opportunity to practice.”

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