The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has opposed the
plan by the Federal Government to set up an Amplified Modulation (AM) Radio
Station for herdsmen.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had said in Abuja that
the radio service will operate on frequency of 720KHz, and will be strictly on
Fulani language.
The group in a statement on Thursday signed by Yinka
Odumakin (South West); Prof Chigozie Ogbu (South East), Senator Bassey Henshaw
(South-South) and Dr. Isuwa Dogo (Middle Belt) said the move smacks of
hypocrisy.
The forum said setting up a radio station strictly for the
Herdsmen is unconstitutional, saying, “Section 55 of the 1999 Constitution
recognises English, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo as Languages in which the official
business of the National Assembly can be conducted”.
It queried if the government would also establish similar
radio stations for other languages in the country, saying the action was
totally insensitive.
“We, therefore, demand that the Federal Government should
perish the thought of a Fulani radio sponsored by government if it cares in any
form about the corporate existence of the country.
“Using the instrumentality of the Federal Government to set
up a radio for Fulani herdsmen will throw a knife at the tiniest of the threads
still holding Nigeria together as all illusions of an inclusive country would
be removed and the rest of the country would conclude we are now under Fulani
Government of Nigeria.”
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This is absolutely wrong!
ReplyDeleteThis Fulani man just want to Fulanise this country. He won't succeed!!!
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