
EP 05 Faruk Dalhatu - Building and Sustaining Media Organizations in Nigeria Today
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In December 2022, I had the pleasure of connecting with Faruk Dalhatu, a leading figure in the media industry in northern Nigeria. Faruk and I discuss his efforts to set up Freedom Radio as one of the first independent media organizations in northern Nigeria, following the country’s transition to democracy in 1999 and some of the strategic decisions taken to ensure its success and sustainability over 20 years.
Faruk explains his initial run-ins with the Boko Haram insurgency and his later efforts to counter their narrative through Dandal Kura Radio, another flagship media organization based in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria. Finally, Faruk and I talk about the state of the media industry in Nigeria today, his hopes surrounding Nigeria’s latest Presidential elections, and what the world should remember about Africa’s most populous country.
FIND OUT MORE
Dandal Kura Radio – Pioneer Independent FM and Shortwave Radio Station in Maiduguri
Dandal Kura | Maiduguri | Facebook
Freedom Radio Nigeria | Kano | Facebook
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