Voice of Yoruba Radio, TV berths in the U.S.

THE NATION

Voice of Yoruba Radio /TV, a brain-child of a socio-cultural group, Ilana Omo Oodua,  has berthed in the United States as part of efforts to promote Yoruba language, culture and civilisation internationally.

Also known as Voice of Yoruba (Ohun Omo Yoruba), the outfit, which has its core values, promises to ensure that its programmes are accurate, fair and as complete as possible.

The organisation’s Sole Co-Coordinator, Gbade Adekunjo, said that VoY shall be virtually launched on July 23, by a former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr. Yemi Farounbi.

He will be supported by former leader of Yoruba Nation group, Prof. Banji Akintoye, renowned priest and poet, High Chief Yemi Eleburuibon, Chief Imam Aduraniigba, and Venerable Nelson Fadoju.

Providing more information, the Pro Bono General Manager of the broadcasting outfit, Dr. Remi Bamisile, said the Radio-TV is expected to serve the needs of the Yoruba peoples across the globe and showcase the Yoruba Language as an international language.

He added that its “presenters are trained to conduct their work with honesty and respect, and they strive to be both independent and impartial in their efforts,” even as their “methods are transparent, and will be accountable in its reports.

“Our Yoru`ba´ presenters are talented, highly educated, and versatile in the use of Yoru`ba´ language. At VoY, we know that language is socially constrained. This principle of sociolinguistics is what guides our broadcasts, both as it is performed and as it is perceived,” he said.

Bamisile added that the station shall hold those who serve and influence the public about the Yoruba Nation to a high standard when it reports about their actions, hence the station would ask no less of itself.

“Broadcasting is a daily process of painting an ever-truer picture of the world, hence every step of this process – from reporting to editing to presenting information – shall be done with utmost diligence.

“VoY reports shall be accurate even as it shall pursue the truth and diligent verification of its reports shall be critical of its operations. It shall take great care to ensure that statements of fact in our broadcasts are both correct and in context. In our reporting, we shall rigorously challenge both the claims we encounter and the assumptions we bring.”

This article originally appeared in The Nation