Comrade Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has congratulated Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Federal Radio Company of Nigeria ( FRCN) on their anniversary celebration as he extolled the numerous impression being made by the media trade within the sustainability of the nation’s democratic governance.
The Nigerian Union of Journalists marked its seventieth anniversary on the fifteenth March 2025 whereas the Federal Radio Company of Nigeria celebrates its 63rd anniversary on the seventeenth of the identical month.
In a separate goodwill messages to the management of the 2 organisations, signed by his Particular Adviser on Communication and Technique Abdullahi Idris Sadaukin Zuru.
Governor Kauran Gwandu famous with satisfaction and appreciation, the numerous function being performed by the media trade andpractitioners in making certain the regular development and other people’s oriented democratic governance in Nigeria because the creation of the current democratic dispensation in 1999.
The Governor underscores the doggedness of the NUJ in shaping the media trade and insisting on press freedom which is significant within the follow of true democracy. In line with him, that has been achieved with the energetic help of different stakeholders, together with the Guild of Editors and Newspapers Proprietor’s of Nigeria.
Having achieved such milestone within the final seven a long time regardless of the turbulence nature of the journey, Comrade Idris urged the practitioners to stay resolute in championing the course of press freedom, upholding moral journalism, improved welfare and conducive working surroundings for the members of the union.
As an completed unionist, true democrat and advocate of transparency and accountability in governance, Comrade Kauran Gwandu pledged his administration’s help to the union in facilitating the success of its useful programmes, significantly on capability constructing and technological experience according to the worldwide finest practices.
He used the event to commend the working journalists in Kebbi State for giving enough publicity to the reasonable, exceptional and certainly unprecedented socio-economic growth achieved by his administration inside two years.
The Governor additionally congratulated the administration and employees of Federal Radio Company, Kaduna for the attainment of 63 years of productive and extremely environment friendly service to the nation.He praised the current and former managements of the Radio Station for jealousy not solely sustaining but additionally sustaining one of many few out of quite a few legacies of the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto.
Governor Idris famous that the station has, by way of it’s wider transmission, considerably contributed to the peaceable coexistence,enthronement and sustained follow of true democracy, socio-economic and political growth in Nigeria, significantly in Northern Nigeria.
Established in 1962 as Broadcasting Firm of Northern Nigeria (BCNN), upgraded to Radio Tv Kaduna (RTK) and later reworked to Federal Radio Company of Nigeria (FRCN) in 1978.
