By Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
Unbundling Mass Communication as a programme in Universities and Polytechnics in the country is untimely, Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Professor Is’haq Oloyede has said.
He was speaking at the 15th Year Anniversary of the University of Ilorin: 89.3 FM radio station which was established while in office as the Vice Chancellor of the institution.
Speaking on the theme: ‘The Future of Radio, and the Transformation of Broadcasting’ Oloyede posited that it would be more ideal to restrict specialisation at the Post Graduate levels.
To him, Nigeria as a nation is still developing which is yet to get to the level of such development.
According to him, there are many graduates from higher institutions in Nigeria today looking for jobs which wouldn’t have been so if their opportunities had not been narrowed to a particular discipline that is limiting thier chances of getting employments.
“We need to be broader, giving the level of our under development. It is important to keep Mass Communication at the undergraduate level,” the JAMB Registrar said.
Radio, as a communication medium is a form of sound communication and mass media that constantly contributes significantly towards development of the society.
His words; “the intention of the radio is to improve the night economy of a community like Ilorin for example. Where some people are night workers, while some are insomniacs”.
The university don cum seasoned administrator observed that Nigerian night economy keeps dwindling which at this point needed attentions adding that radio as a medium could be used to achieve desired developments in diverse dimensions.
Prof. Wahab Egbewole, the University Vice Chancellor commended the achievements of campus radio through tiredless efforts of the team managing it lauded the achievement of the campus since its establishment 15 years ago.
The Vice Chancellor could not but appreciated his predecessor; Professor Oloyede for the visionary stance of his to help establish the varsity radio station while in office as Vice Chancellor.
Egbewole pledged that the University would ensure that the radio station continues to develop and excel further, despite all odds saying; “there is need for navigating, repositioning and going back to approaches employed.
“The University will continue to identify with issues that challenge and proffer solutions to the community,” he concluded.
