In a bid to educate and constantly communicate with herdsmen in the northern part of the country, the Federal Government has purchased an AM (amplitude modulation) radio license.
This, according to the body, would help in facilitating its education plans.
While announcing the move, Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, told newsmen that the radio channel would effectively assist in ending the consistent clashes between the herders and farmers in the country.
He further announced that 720KHz would be the frequency to tune in to in order to access the channel.
Meanwhile, the Fulani language would be the primary language of communication on it, since it would be well understood by its immediate audience.
The Education Minister said, “The radio service will serve as a vehicle for social mobilization and education, in addition to interactive radio instruction methodology that will be adopted to reach the very hard-to-reach segment of our target population.
“Additionally, it will enhance our capacity to address crisis between herders and farmers with attendant consequences to loss of lives, destruction of productive assets, nomadic schools, facilities teaching, and learning resources.”
Also, corroborating Adamu’s statement, Professor Bashir Usman, the secretary for the National Commission for Nomadic Education, explained that Hausa speaking broadcasters have already been brought onboard, and asked to create content that would foster the aims and objectives of the channel.
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