Kannywood: Wonderland Media
Kannywood: Wonderland Media Opens Film, Broadcast
Academy in Kano
The Kannywood film industry has been advised to make a good use
of Wonderland Media Academy to advance their knowledge and
profession, the chairman and proprietor of Wonderland Television,
Alhaji Isma’ila Sani has said.
He stated this on Tuesday while commissioning the Wonderland
Television (WTV) station and Media Academy in Kano.
Alhaji Sani disclosed that the need
for establishing a branch of the station as well as the academy in
Kano arises after observing that viewers of the Abuja station are
mostly from Kano in addition to peaceful and conducive business
atmosphere in the state.
Sani explained that the newly commissioned Wonderland Media
Academy has been fully furnished with digital learning equipment to
train media professionals and filmmakers on modern broadcast
technologies.
He said the academy, in partnership with the Cyprus Media
Academy will offer courses like Television Journalism, Filmmaking,
Documentary production, Shooting and Editing for TV, stage TV and
film production design, TV graphics design and public speaking
among others.
He noted that the academy has been
located strategically in Kano to offer training to on-the-field
journalists and filmmakers, while calling on the Kannywood
filmmakers to make good use of the opportunity, as Kano is regarded
as its headquarters.
The veteran broadcaster added that WTV station broadcasts on
NIGCOMSAT satellite and focuses mainly on developing local contents
that showcase the identity of northern Nigeria, and at the same
time sticking to global best practices and professionalism in
journalism.
Speaking earlier at the occasion, the former minister of
information, Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande, thanked the proprietor for the
initiative, lamenting that the Northern part of the country is
still lagging behind in the media business, despite having the
population capacity that is enough to consume their contents.
In her remarks, the chairman, Broadcasting Organisation of
Nigeria (BON) and the General Manager of Abubakar Rimi Television,
Hajiya Sa’a Ibrahim, urged the station to ensure professional
editorial judgement in their programs and shun partisan
politics.
She then appealed to the station to ensure provision of
conducive working environment to all its staff.
Other dignitaries present as the launching include the
Information commissioners of Kano, represented by the Information
Director in the ministry, Muhammad Inuwa Yakasai, Borno state
commissioner of information, Baba-kura Abba Jatau; Chairman Image
Merchants Promotion Limited, Alhaji Sule Yau Sule; Editor-in-Chief
PRNigeria[1] and Economic
Confidential, Mr. Yushau Shuaib; Head of Mass Communication
Department in Bayero University, Dr Haruna Isma’il; journalists and
media practitioners from virtually all the Media stations in Kano,
as well as actors and directors from the Kannywood Hausa movie
industry.