VON,Sudan Broadcasting Corporation to Revive Exchange Programme

The Sudanese Charge d’Affaires in Nigeria has promised to revive the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Voice of Nigeria (VON) and the Sudan Broadcasting Corporation for the benefit of both countries.

The Sudanese Charge d’Affaires, Mr. Ahmed Omer Ahmed Taboul, stated this when the management of VON, under the leadership of the Director General, Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace, paid a courtesy call on the Sudanese Embassy in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

Mr. Taboul said that Nigeria and Sudan have a lot in common, especially in culture and religion, noting that a high population of about seven million Nigerians live in Sudan.“Sudanese people in Nigeria are very comfortable living in the country,” he said.

The Charge d’Affaires expressed his interest in ensuring the Staff exchange programme between the broadcasting Stations of Sudan and Nigeria.

He assured the Director General of Voice of Nigeria of good working relations and was very pleased to reactivate the previous MOU.

In his response, the Director General of Voice Nigeria, Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace, noted the importance of global broadcasting in the dissemination of appropriate, reliable, objective, and positive information.

“We are in the world of disinformation and fake news. Voice of Nigeria and Sudan Broadcasting Corporation can work together to tell our story to the wider world,” he noted.

Malam Ndace explained that in an effort to reach out to many parts of the world, Voice of Nigeria recently reactivated its superpower transmitter, which is the best and the first in sub-Saharan Africa.

“We want to work with Sudan Broadcasting Corporation in terms of staff exchange and content creation,” the DG said.

He further said that VON was not only established to be the strong voice for Nigerians in the Diaspora, but for Africans and every black person in the World, as well as for those who have a special interest in the African continent.

The VON DG added that as the Authoritative Choice, VON is meant to change the negative narratives about Africa and place the continent in its rightful place in the spectrum of global history.

In the 1990s, Voice of Nigeria and the Sudan Broadcasting Corporation had a constant Staff programme exchange whereby they were deployed to share different experiences of both countries.

Voice of Nigeria broadcasts in eight languages, namely; Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, English, Fulfulde, Arabic, French, and Kiswahili.