Radio Savannah in Tamale Marks second anniversary

Tamale (Northern Region) 17 June '99

District Assemblies in the Northern Region have pledged financial and material assistance to keep Radio Savannah, the only frequency modulation (FM) station in the region, in business.

Mr San Nasamu Asabigi, Deputy Regional Minster who announced this in Tamale on Tuesday, did not give details of the level of support but it is hoped any form of assistance will help salvage the station from its numerous problems.

Mr Nasamu was addressing a durbar of chiefs and people as part of activities marking the second anniversary of the station, popularly known as RST. The theme for the anniversary is "Radio Savannah, a tool for the development of the Northern Region".

Mr Nasamu said the station, established mainly to help disseminate functional literacy programmes, is an indispensable tool for educating, informing and entertaining the people.

"RST has indeed succeeded in reducing, to an apreciable level, social evils like apathy, ignorance and rumour-mongering through its numerous educational programmes", he said.

He said concurrently the station has generated a lot of public awareness on health issues, the environment and helped people to discover their creative talents, especially in the music industry.