Include DRTV in your “Finishing Strong Agenda”, House of Assembly hopeful appeals to Uduaghan

An aspirant to Warri South Constituency1 seat, Delta State House of Assembly in the 2015 general election, Barr. Robinson Ariyo has appealed to the Delta State Governor; Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan to include the state owned television in Warri, Delta Rainbow Television in his “Finishing Strong” Agenda.

The legal practitioner and Peace Building Consultant who is eyeing the Warri South Constituency 1 seat under the APC platform, described “the life of the Delta Broadcasting Television and Radio as one that has been abandoned in the face of huge resources”, blaming it on the poor level of awareness and poor integration amongst ethnic groups in the state.

He queried, “how can you preach peace, local values, create awareness and integrate people without a local TV and Radio station focused on the state?”.

According to him, “the Delta State Government has to realize that the Press as the fourth estate of the realm plays a pivotal role as the custodian of the public interest and as a watchdog”

The Warri based lawyer averred that Delta State will never achieve much even in the area of tourism without first developing its own state media. “Every time the Government wants to publicize activities it will embark on deals with Channels TV or AIT. If the moneys spent on these publicity stunts were spent on DRTV, it would have resulted in far better impact”, he said.

Barr. Ariyo particularly decried the fact that despite the unfortunate incidence which resulted in the inferno that completely consumed the studio of DRTV some years back, the staff of the station continue to operate under unbelievably poor conditions through a make-shift studio.   

“The Station does not even have an Outside Broadcasting Van to work with. It is a miracle that the station is still able to produce and broadcast programs on a daily basis. This shows how resilient Deltans can be. Imagine if given the desired support and equipment provided, these Deltans will perform wonders in this field. When we were in Bendel State, we used to top the Chart of broadcasters; today we are second class. It is possible to plug the huge amount we pay for AIT and Channels into DRTV for equipment and materials and then encourage private cooperation in the area. This is still possible to ensure that His Excellency Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan finishes strong,” he concluded.

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