The Senator Representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, on Sunday in Kaduna commenced the distribution of (100, 000) one hundred thousand transistor radio sets in seven local government areas under his senatorial district.

He said the gesture was to raise the political consciousness the people and have more access to information on what is happening within and outside their localities.

“We come from the part of the country where the major and most important source of information is the radio.

“Radio is an empowerment, a form of education and enlightenment. It enables people to have access to information and also have an opportunity to express themselves,” he said.

According to him, radio has for decades been the only medium where people in the North get better informed. “I am sharing it to downtrodden within the cities and the rural areas so that they would be abreast with what is happening within their own locality, national and state “he said.

Senator Sani told journalists that the national body of APC has already invalidated his suspension from the party and advised the two parties to avoid any form of attack and counter attack.

“I have instructed all my supporters and followers to abide by this, but unfortunately, some people are capitalizing on the crisis for their own monetary gains.

“I am saying it in clear terms that as far as I am concerned we would abide by what the national body says,” he said.

According to him, he would remain in APC as long as President Buhari is still in the APC, “because Buhari is APC,”

He said as Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign and Domestic Debt and also vice chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, he would continue to call on nations which Nigeria has diplomatic relations with to assist the fight on corruption by returning money looted from Nigeria.

Source http://www.viviangist.com/sen-shehu-sani-distributes-100-000-transistor-radio-in-kaduna-photos

Lovely sense from him ... information is power

Odi nma

Olodo senator

kikikikikikikikikikiiiii this man no go use laugh kill person for this obodo

In an age where 6 year olds are accessing information via internet, a senator is repressing his people with an obsolete radio.

How dem wan take hear wetin the radio dey talk on top empty belle

Good for mallam

Good for BBC Hausa

ok

hausa man and radio na like bread and butter...

ok we don hear hausa love radio him for add laptop join na

Ishi amu

I recall Prophetess Patience Jonathan screaming" My fellow wimens, PDP is digitaaaal, dont let APC take us back to Analog". This senator is obviously stuck on analog ideas.

olapluto:
In an age where 6 year olds are accessing information via internet, a senator is repressing his people with an obsolete radio.

The radio is not obsolete and never will be. The problem with Sani's gesture is that it amounts to tokenism. His job is to make good laws and ensure that the Senate doesn't loot Nigeria so there will be enough money for government to implement projects that will benefit the people. Collecting jumbo pay and giving some pittance to the poor belongs in the feudal era. Shame on Sani and others like him.

Hausa Palava

->The senator should have invested in helping Hausa learn how to use the internet and close the huge gap they have with the southern folks.
->Radios are gradually becoming outdated and might likely not exist in the next century.

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Honestly, that is a good move considering the fact that the Transistor
Radio is almost a part of their culture.
Jesters should realise that an Average Northern is more enlightened than
a Msc graduate in the other region in Nigeria . . .courtesy of the RADIO.

Food For Thought
Why do you think BBC do broadcast in Hausa Language?

Information is Potential Power

That's their dividend of democracy...

#500 transistor radio

Its good to hear.

lol.... almajiri things

JuanDeDios:

The radio is not obsolete

It is! Are you accessing Nairaland with your radio?

if you know what a transistor radio means to an average aboki, you will commend this man.

well... i see only 1 2 3 4 ... 8 9 packs of radio der

Abokii and radio are like bee n honey....His ppl will appreciate his kind gesture shaa.

Our senator has gone mad again

iranu what development has this cause

olapluto:

It is! Are you accessing Nairaland with your radio?

What is Nairaland? I get my news from radio. If you want to do current affairs or deep analysis of world events, don't even try me. Those "abokis" are far more informed than an average southerner. The fact you fail to see how efficient (in terms of time and money) the use of a radio is doesn't mean it's not so.

olapluto:
In an age where 6 year olds are accessing information via internet, a senator is repressing his people with an obsolete radio.

Because you are living a good life and can afford a SataliteTV doesnt mean Some category of people will not still stuggle to get batteries into those Transistor Radios..
Your present situation is another's prayer point..!