For media houses in Nigeria - Speak, Let Nigerians Hear and Understand What You Are Saying

Some of your Anchormen need to speak with, and to Nigerians in a way to allow Nigerians hear and understand what is being said by a few of your anchormen in their broadcast to the Nigerian nation first, and to the world.  They need to speak with the Nigerian-African accent to enable every Nigerian listening to the broadcast to understand, and to give that African-Nigerian identity to the Channels Television broadcast medium.

In the attempt to please the few foreigners in our mist, one of the excuses of some Nigerians, a few of the anchors speak as if they are Europeans.  They join their teeth in a configured mouth that produces an Englishman’s voice-sound and accent.  This allows the Studio or Station to lose its native or African identity especially that the broadcasters are not wearing any of the Nigerian native dresses such as the Danshiki, Umbari, Agbada or the Jumpa, for the men; and the Buba and Iro, and the Up and Down for the women.

In my own opinion, the Channels Television has a very good reputation that needs to be promoted and protected having been established by a man, Mr. John Momoh, one whose voice in broadcasting was acclaimed by all, nationally and internationally. His voice, as distinct an African voice from the Kingdom of Etsako was in the ranks of the Abazoros in broadcasting in Nigeria. I praise his efforts, foresight, and skills that established the Channels Television.

We should not imitate wrongly and wrongly imitate others while we run from who we are at the regret of our God given ethnicity and identity.  Those who do not understand us when we speak in our own voice should learn to understand us just as we have learnt to understand them.  Nigeria has what should make others have the need to learn, not only to understand, but also to learn to speak our languages.  All we need done is repackaging of ourselves.

I thought of making the above observation. I am here on a short visit to witness the just successfully concluded Nigeria 2015 Presidential Election in which Nigerians made me proud as a Nigerian. I had the opportunity to watch some of the events on Channels Television. One of your Reporters, Seun (Okinbaloye?) impressed me as a good reporter and a keen analyst; he is good.