The Kano State Commissioner for Information, Muhammed Garba, has said more than N300 million has been set aside to digitise the state’s radio station in 2016.
The commissioner said the money was out of the N517 million proposed for the ministry in the 2016 budget proposal.
Garba made this disclosure to newsmen on Tuesday after he appeared before the state House of Assembly to defend the budget estimate for the ministry.
According to him, the effort to digitise the radio station is to meet the target for the digitisation of all media outfits in the country.
The commissioner also disclosed that the state’s newspaper, Triumph Publishing Company Limited, would begin full time digital operation by March 2016.
Garba explained that more than N80 million was also proposed in the budget to ensure the completion of the ongoing digitisation of the Abubakar Rimi Television.
According to him, the project is part of the measures by the State Government to boost the socio-economic and revenue generation in the state.
Similarly, the state Commissioner of Budget and Planning, Hajiya Aisha Muhammad, has reaffirmed the state’s commitment to support women empowerment and rural development.
The commissioner said the State Government would do this through the Sustainable Development Programme initiated by the Federal Government.
Muhammad, who also appeared for her ministry’s budget, said out of the N2.5 billion proposed for the programme, N1.5 billion would come from the Federal Government intervention.
According to her, the other key areas under the programme include, health, education and water sanitation.
NAN.
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