The organisers of the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards have announced Alhaji Ahmed Tijani Ramalan as their new Patron.
Ramalan takes over from the late Ambassador Segun Olusola.
Dr. Ramalan, who was conferred with a Lifetime Achievement award at last year’s edition of NBMA, is the Executive Chairman of Atar Communication Nigeria Limited.
Aside being the owner of Liberty Radio, Tashar Yanci 91.7 FM and Liberty TV, the upwardly mobile radio and TV stations in Kaduna, the Business Administration graduate of the American University of Richmond, London, is known for his outstanding contributions to the growth of quality broadcasting in the Northern part of Nigeria.
Ramalan served in the Kaduna State Ministry of Information and Home Affairs.
He is also the current Chairman of the Northern Broadcasters Owners Association; a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistic and Transport, United Kingdom; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Shipping of Nigeria; and Member of Nautical Institute, United Kingdom.
He is also a Fellow of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria as well as the pioneer Executive Chairman of the Joint Maritime Industrial Council.
He was the pioneer Chairman of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.
Speaking on his new role as the Patron of the NBMA, Ramalan said: “It is indeed a challenge I look forward to.
“I can only hope to contribute my quota to uphold and further uplift the standard set so far.”
It would be recalled that a seasoned broadcaster, Femi Sowoolu, was announced by the organisation in 2013 as NBMA’s first patron.
The next edition of NBMA, put together by The Reality Entertainment, is scheduled for January 23, 2016.
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