FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo Wednesday advised leaders to use their office to create institutions that could survive and stand as their legacies.
The former President made the call in Ado Ekiti at the 10th year anniversary of Radio Nigeria Progress FM 100.5.
Obasanjo, who was represented by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman, South West and former governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni, said the number of institutions created by a government was one of the benchmarks to gauge the performance of such administration in civilised climes.
In his address, the Zonal Director, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Ibadan National Station, Alhaji Bola Agboola, said the station had played immeasurable role in Nigeria's unity, calling on Nigerians to see it as part of their national heritage.
Obasanjo said his government multiplied the number of Nigeria Television Authority and Radio Nigeria stations across the country because he was not oblivious of the role of the media in national unity.
"My government was able to multiply the number of Radio Nigeria and NTA stations to the extent that every state in Nigeria has at least, a station. Communication is key in the mobilisation of the citizens to do the right thing and support the government of the day."
Obasanjo was elated that the PDP -government at the centre has been able to sustain the institutions he established under his government.
The Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Kola Ajumobi, lauded the station for being fair in its new reportage since inception in 2003.
Fayemi, however, complained that the people of the state often have a bad reception while listening to the Radio Nigeria network broadcast on daily basis.
The Guardian
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