A guide will likely be offered to the general public as half actions to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Is’haq Modibbo Kawu within the media panorama on February 1, 2027.
Kawu started his profession on the defunct Nigerian Broadcasting Company (NBC), Radio Nigeria in 1977 at 16 years and 5 months previous and february 2027 will make 50 years within the media trade.
This was contained in an announcement made out there to journalists Professor Ayodele Joseph of Kaduna State College (KASU) on behalf of the Organizing Committee.
“To commemorate 50 years of devoted labour to dedicated, progressive, and internationalist media, we’re inviting 200 folks from all walks of life, to share their ideas on the life and work of Dr. Is’haq Modibbo Kawu.
“We hope to place collectively these ideas and reflections right into a guide that we hope to current to the general public on February 1st, 2027, the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Is’haq Modibbo Kawu’s graduation of labor within the media.
“We’re by this be aware, inviting you to be a contributor to this guide of tributes to a media employee, scholar, patriot, and internationalist, Dr. Is’haq Modibbo Kawu,” he stated.
He stated all contributions, as much as a most of 1000 phrases, needs to be despatched to [email protected]
He lauded Kawu’s contribution to public service, describing him as a person of many components.
He stated, “He was a commerce union chief, first because the Chairman of the Radio, Tv, and Theatre Staff’ Union ( RATTAWU) at Radio Kwara. He was then elected as a vice chairman of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and subsequently turned the Chairman of the State Council of Congress, between 1984 and 1988.
“For a few years, he was a militant of the underground Marxist-Leninist Motion of Nigeria (MLMN), and was a part of the organizational work of the progressive Nigerian college students’ motion in addition to the Nigerian commerce union motion. Modibbo Kawu has additionally been lively in neighborhood engagements, working actively within the Northern Media Discussion board, the Arewa Consultative Discussion board ( ACF), and the Fulbe World & Rights Initiative.
He stated these multi- faceted involvements have additionally underscored his media outputs in broadcasting and journalism.
“The varied social, political, {economic}, cultural, and ideological currents of the previous half century have impacted his worldview, and have been the themes of his interventions on varied platforms,” he stated.