National Assembly launches radio station

The National Assembly through the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) has established a radio station “Democracy Radio” in Abuja to propagate the activities of the legislature.

The Director General of NILDS, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman, took reporters on tour of facilities  at the station located in Asokoro in Abuja ahead of the formal commissioning on Wednesday.

Sulaiman, while answering questions from reporters in one of studios of the Democracy Radio, said a newly created Legislative Centre for Security Analysis was also domiciled at the premises of the Radio station.

He further disclosed that plans are afoot to upgrade NILDS into a full-fledged University. He noted that the permanent site of the Institute sitting on 8.12 hectares (81,200m2) of land in Piwoyi District along the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road Abuja, has infrastructural structures and facilities, many of the licensed Private Universities in the country don’t have.

“What is needed for University, are already available at the Institute. What is required now, is the Political will for the transformation into University for Legislative Studies,” he said.

He added that the Permanent site of NILDS which will be Commissioned tomorrow will immediately be occupied by the Administrative and Finance departments of NILDS after commissioning, while the Library and Postgraduate Units, will join later.

According to him, Democracy Radio established by the  Institute as an independent body, is basically to educate Nigerians on Legislative Procedures, Practices and Democracy generally.

“Democracy Radio as envisioned, is to serve as nexus between parliament and the people and practically serves as disseminating unit to Nigerians about Democracy.