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WNTV & WNBS @ 60: Akeredolu eulogises Awolowo’s legacy

WNTV & WNBS @ 60: Akeredolu eulogises Awolowo’s legacy

By Adekola Afolabi
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The governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, yesterday eulogised the Premier of the Western Nigeria, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, for setting the pace by establishing the Africa’s first television, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV).

Governor Akeredolu said late Awolowo represented an inter-generational link, noting that the late sage lived before his time just as he lived ahead of his time.

Akeredolu, represented by his Chief of Staff, Chief Olugbenga Ale, made the revelation in his keynote address at the grand finale/ /Gala Night in celebration of the 60TH anniversary of the first-in-Afria television organised by the television’s Alumni, held at Intentional Conference Center, University of Ibadan, Oyo State.

The event was organised by the Foundation for Ibadan Television Anniversary Celebrations (FITAC) under the Chairmanship of Ambassador Yemi Farounbi.

According to him, the defunct Western Nigeria Television (WNTV) as it was then called, later became the breeding hub for future lights in the nation’s broadcast industry, saying that the Southwest is particularly fortunate to have had Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

The WNTV Ibadan was the first television station launched in Nigeria and Africa by Chief Awolowo on October 31, 1959.

Chief Obafemi Awolowo was indeed a man of many parts. He was not just described in various ways by different people. He was in most cases, defined variously by even the same persons. To many, he defied proper and befitting description.  It is, therefore, with nostalgic emotions that I stand here to play the role for which I am invited.

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“Such synergy, in my view, does not erode neither will such diminish our individual peculiarities we have found treasurable in the six states of the Southwest. The time to act is now,” he said.

Veteran media practitioners including Ambassador Yemi Farounbi, Chief Olu Falomo, Folake Solanke, Chief Sanya Oyinsan, and several others graced the occasion.

The event also featured awards presentation and cultural display.

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