Kuni Tyessi in Abuja
To ensure that airwaves are accessible to children, the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has harped on the need for broadcast organisations to give quality attention to children’s programmes.This is coming as 18 million of the country’s children aged between five and 14 years are not in school.
The organisations said this in a statement ahead of the 2023 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) and with the theme ‘More money for primary education.’
The statement jointly issued by the Director/Head Advocacy (CRIB) of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Mercy Megwa, and UNICEF communications specialist Dr. Geoffrey Njoku also said children should be allowed to participate in the programming process.According to the statement, despite primary education…
