Obinna Nshirim, the Imo state Commissioner for
Information, Tourism and Public Utilities, has said ”70 percent of Ndigbo
do not listen to news, they do not read newspaper.”
He stated this while speaking on the state
government owned radio station, Imo Broadcasting Corporation, IBC, Owerri. That
he “discovered” this during the Yuletide season.
Nshirim also said he also discovered that Hausas are more informed as an Hausa shoemaker has a radio beside him which he listens to just to get informed.
”While others were enjoying their Christmas, I was
moving all over the places because it is my duty as information commissioner to
know how far I have informed the people”, as well as” to get feed back from them.” In what could be described as a shocking
experience,”while going round I discovered to my horror, few things, that our
people are not informed. “70 percent of Igbo do not listen to news, they do not
read newspaper.” “I keep telling you, we say we are intelligent, we say we are
informed but that Hausa boy that cleans your shoe has a radio in his pocket”,
he simply put.
Source: www.lailasblog.com
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