Olu Adde of Ekinrin Adde, Olu Anthony Bamigbaye Idowu on Saturday commissioned the first private radio station in Okun land, Kogi state.
The commissioning was part of activities marking the 2023 Ekinrin-Adde Day festival.
Olu Adde was joined by eminent personalities including traditional rulers for the ceremony. Olujumu of Ijumu Kingdom, Oba Williams Olusegun Ayeni and the Eje Dekina, Alh. Usman Obaje were among royal fathers at the colourful event.
The General Manager and Chief Executive of National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Prof. Sunday Enesi Ododo; Vice Chancellor of Federal University Lokoja, Prof Olayemi Akinwumi also graced the ceremony
The Olu Adde, who performed the ceremony, described the community radio, Akogba FM, as a dream come true and commended all that supported the project.
In a remark, Prof. Sunday Enesi Ododo congratulated the people of Ekinrin Adde community on the feat, saying the radio station is germane to information dissemination.
Prof. Ododo urged the management of the radio station to use the facility to edify the values of the community and avoid bias in discharging its responsibility.
He noted that though financing a radio station is costly, he is ready to support the Media Outfit in his little way.
