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Kawu, NBC Boss
Participants
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Kawu, NBC Boss
Participants Score NBC Lecture High
Majority of the participants at the just concluded 5th annual
lecture of the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) say the
event was one of the best they have attended.
The event which featured top of the shelf discussions on the
broadcast industry in Nigeria, saw a constellation of stakeholders
in attendance. Some of the participants who spoke at the end of the
event noted that unlike in the past this year’s lecture “carried
everyone along” and also dwelt on one of the most important issues
of the moment: broadcasting to foster national cohesion and
growth.
Apart from the key note lecture delivered by Professor Ahmed
Adams, the array of discussants including PR guru, Yushau Shuaib,
did justice to the subject. Shuaibu dwelt on the phenomenon of the
social media, stressing that the genre has come to stay. He said
the traditional media is greatly depending on SM too and must find
ways to exist side by side with it.
Shuaibu admonished users to however cross check on all their
sources before publishing reports. He said no matter how believable
a source is, it has to be subjected to tests to verify
authenticity. Meanwhile, apart from the venerable Dr. Tom Adaba who
was in attendance, practically all former top directors of NBC
came. Some students of the University of Abuja said the lecture
expanded their scope of understanding, especially with social media
issues.
A participant who gave her name as Foluke said “I was in
previous events but this one is the best, given the level of
preparation and presentation seen here today. It is a good thing it
is coming when this government is about to take off in the second
term. It is thus an agenda setting session for the information
subsector.”