BRITISH BROCASTING TEAM VISITS UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA

BRITISH BROCASTING TEAM VISITS UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA The University of Nigeria, Nsukka on the 31st January and 1st February played host to a team from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) who visited the Institution to explore the availability of talents that will drive the corporation’s upcoming program in Igbo language and Pidgin English. Members of the team included: the Nigeria Project Manager, Sarah Ansah, the Nigeria Editorial Lead, Bilkisu Labaran, the Senior Leadership Programme, Ade Adeluwoye and the BBC Enugu Reporter Abdussalam Ibrahim Ahmed. The visit started with a
brief meeting with the Director of ICT/Innovation Centre, Heads of Department of Mass Communication, Computer Science, Linguistics, Igbo and other Nigerian Languages and members of the Local Organizing Committee. The BBC team, accompanied by the Director of ICT, Dr Olisa Okeke and the LOC members led by Anene Ifeanyi, paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Professor Benjamin Ozumba. The Nigeria Editorial Lead, Bilkisu Labaran explained to the Vice-Chancellor that their visit was necessitated by the decision of the BBC to include three Nigerian Languages, Igbo, Yoruba and Pidgin English in their services. “We are here because the University of Nigeria is located in the heart of Igbo land and we believe that the human resources we need to drive the programs are available here” she said. Bilikisu further explained that besides radio broadcasting, the new services would also be disseminated through the website, Facebook and Instagram In his response, the Vice-Chancellor, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) Prof. Charles Igwe thanked the BBC team for choosing the University of Nigeria... CLICK HERE MORE INFO;