Ramalan emerges chairman of Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association

The Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association (NBMOA) has elected Dr Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan as its chairman for a two-year term of office.
In a statement signed by the secretary of the association, Rabiu Ibrahim said Dr Ramalan, who is the Executive Chairman of the Kaduna based Liberty Radio and Television, was elected to spearhead the Executive Council of the NBMOA at the Association’s 7th General Meeting held in Kano recently.
Others elected were Hajiya Binta Mukhtar – Executive Chairman of Rahma Radio, Kano as Vice Chairman; Alhaji Salihu Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande – Chairman of Unity FM, Jos as Treasurer; Mrs Christabel Nyanya – General Manager, Joy FM, Oturkpo as Assistant Secretary; and Malam Rabiu Ibrahim, Secretary of the Association.
NBMOA was formed in 2014 by private operators of broadcast media in northern Nigeria to foster synergy amongst its various stakeholders in the critical areas of content development, technology transfer, professional capacity improvement, national development, as well as entrench good working relationship with industry regulators.
In his acceptance speech, Dr Ramalan promised to properly galvanise the resources of the association towards national development and the enlightenment of the northern audience.
He said, “As a critical stakeholder in the broadcast industry it is incumbent on the NBMOA to assert its role and position in the extant and evolving policies that midwife the industry, especially at such a crucial time the world is grappling with the issue of digitisation and all the challenges associated with it.”    
He added that  NBMOA will work closely with industry regulators such as the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) and the Broadcasting organisation of Nigeria (BON), amongst others, in order to sustain a mutually beneficial relationship.