Edo State governor, Godwin
Obaseki, yesterday paid an unscheduled inspection visit to the
state’s radio and television stations- Edo Broadcasting Service and the
Nigerian Observer.
He hinted that the media
outfits would be overhauled for optimal performance....
Speaking after inspecting the
facilities at the Edo Broadcasting Service in Benin City, Obaseki said his
administration has resolved to leverage on digital technology so that the media
outfit can compete favourably with similar enterprises across the country.
“Clearly, we need to upgrade the
technology of this media outfit to conform to the requirements of the digital
era. We also need to
upgrade the premises and the quality
of people working here,” the governor said.
He explained that the radio and
television stations did very well in ages preceding the digital era, but
stressed that the digital age demands continuous scaling up to meet
present day quality of service delivery.
Obaseki who was taken round by the
Assistant General Manager (AGM) Engineering, Mrs. Ameze Osagie, assured that
his administration would reclaim the portion of EBS land taken over by private
developers to ensure there is enough land space for effective operation of the
media outfit.
“We have laws in place, for those
who have taken government land around this area, we need to recover the land to
enable us carry out the overhaul we are planning for the outfit,” he added.
A similar feeling of disappointment
was expressed by the governor at the facilities of the Nigerian Observer,
publishers of the Observer titles established by the late Brig.General Samuel
Ogbemudia (retd.) fifty years ago.
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