The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has disclosed that it would hold its 5th Annual lecture on August 27 at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
In a statement on Thursday, an assistant director in the NBC’s Public Affairs Department, Ekanem Antia, said the event is aimed at encouraging broadcasters to be more responsible and responsive to the trends and development in the industry.
According to Antia, the Dean, Post Graduate Studies, Nigerian Defence Academy, Prof. Ahmed Adam, would present the keynote address with the theme: “Contemporary Challenges of the Nigerian State: Need for Constructive Broadcasting.”
“The lecture, which is in furtherance of the Commission’s resolve to raise consciousness and encourage broadcasters to be more responsible and responsive to the trends and development in the industry, was designed to bring together stakeholders within and outside the broadcasting industry for meaningful, mutually beneficial intellectual interaction.
“This year’s edition will, among others, focus on the urgent need to collectively make concerted efforts towards ensuring peaceful coexistence amongst the divergent interest groups in Nigeria, using the instrumentality of the broadcast media,” Antia said.
The assistant director recalled that the lecture was first held in 2015, with the theme: “New Media Convergence and the Future of Broadcasting: Greedy Telco, Naïve Broadcasters and the Scramble for Spectrum”, and was presented by Mr. Shola Taylor.
“In 2016, Prof. Attahiru Jega spoke on, “Broadcasting and the Challenges of the New Nigeria”, while the 3rd edition had the theme: “On Cosmopolitanism: Nigeria Ethnic Politics and the Communication of Hate”.
“The 4th edition with the theme: “Broadcasting and Nigeria’s Ethno-Cultural and Religious Divide: Bridging the Gap”, was presented by Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari,” the statement said.
Antia added that discussants would be veteran broadcasters and security experts, as well as key professionals.
