By Gode Luka
Most people in Nigeria are rural dwellers, and most know very little about the ample opportunities
available to them. They live in the past centuries and old culture of low informed and shared beliefs that
put them on the disadvantage of inequality in terms of quality of life. Lack of adequate awareness on development issues concerning the state are often less to rural dwellers.
Bauchi state is blessed with twenty local government areas that are situated far to each other, with only few that are near
to others.
Its on this note i saw it paramount to write on the need for the state to creat community radio which will serve as an avenue between the government, capital city and the rural people.
One of the major roles of radio station is that of enlightenment and examining problems and issues that need to be understood in order to improve the
quality of life among the rural dwellers. we all knew that radio is good at providing information to the masses and
most people in all parts of bauchi have access to media, especially radio but the signals that are received are eirther not clear or out of reach to them.
This Community Radio will also act as a bridge building process that brings different people of the state closer to radio programmes than in the state capital only.
Moreover, the establishment of the FM stations will also help in rural development through raising the level of awareness of the rural people on government policies, as
well as national and international events and issues.
Gode luka writes From Department of Mass Communication,
Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic Bauchi.
