From Tom Garba,Yola
Governor Umaru Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has said Nigerians must wake up to save our languages from extinction, else our good values and norms would vanish.
Ganduje while charging the management of the just commissioned Pula’aku FM radio station Yola to ensure quality programmes that can assist in improving the continued existence of the Fulfulde language and other languages in the country.
Governor Ganduje gave the charge in Yola at the weekend at the official inauguration of the members of the board of trustees and Directors of Pula’aku FM radio Adamawa state stressing that the formation of the media outfit was timely considering the serious threat of language extinction facing Fulfulde language among the Fulani.
Ganduje said the legacy of the radio cannot be overemphasised commending the foresight of those behind the establishment of the radio station especially His Royal Highness, Lamido Adamawa, Barkido Aliyu Mustapha.
His words: “Apart from promotion of peace, cultural norms and values, the formation of this radio station will long a long way of arresting the threat to our dying language (Fulfulde) while we appreciate those behind this golden break, especially our amiable Fulbe leader, Lamido Barkido Aliyu Mustapha. We must wake up from our deep slumber to save our language from extinction as a heritage which we should pass to the generation behind us.”
According to him, the calibre of the personalities that made up the list in the two boards of trustees and Directors for the station shows a formidable force to reckon with in the mass media industry in the country.
In his address, Lamido Barkido Mustapha described radio as an integral way of passing information to the populace especially the masses noting that it was formed on public-owner’s and commercial interests.
Mustapha said the radio station was also an achievement of historical milestone.
The Lamido urged practicing journalists to be upright in their professional calling by upholding the professional ethnics and laws of the land.
In their separate remarks, the chairman of the boards of Trustees and Directors, His Royal Highness, Emir of Mubi, Alhaji Abubakar Isah Ahmadu and Prof. Umaru Pate of BUK Kano pledged to put in their best to the radio station and Fulfulde language.
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