Revealed: Ebira politicians made empty promises to rebuild Tao FM

By Ismail M. Kabir

The management board of Ovidi communications (owners of Tao FM Radio station) have published list of donors to the public fund raising appeal circulated across the community following the terror attack on the radio station some months ago.

Contrary to rumours making rounds that millions of naira have been raised by the radio station from concerned citizens especially politicians from the community, not a single Ebira politician has so far contributed a dime to the purse of the radio station as the list indicates.

It could be recalled that shortly after the deadly attack by unknown gunmen that claimed four lives and caused major damage to the building housing the FM station in Kuroko Adavi LGA of Kogi State on Monday April 27th 2015,  an urgent appeal to raise funds for the revival of the darling station was raised by Ebira Youth Congress (EYC).

The appeal prompted the release of a dedicated bank account by the management of the radio station. The account information was distributed through various news media to source voluntary donations from the public especially members Ebira Communities across Nigeria and beyond.

Sadly, in spite of endless sympathy visits by politicians to the scene of the attack with spurious promises to do everything possible to revive the station, none of them has donated or fulfilled their promise to rebuild the station.

See the official publication of the donors:

On the authority of the Board of Ovidi Communications Ltd; (Owners of Tao 101.9 FM Radio):

a). We thank Proudly An'Ebira for your contribution of N300,000= towards the Resuscitation of the bombed Tao Radio Station.

:b). We publish as follows the contributions so far received:

1. Kogi State Govnor Capt. Idris Wada N950,000
2. Kogi State Deputy Govnor Arc Yomi Awoniyi N500,000
3. Okengwe MFB Ltd N25,000
4.Favoured Youth N10,000
5. Pals Collective N20,000
6. Ebira Concerned Citizens in UK N76,320.
7. Ebira Renaisance Group N20,000=
8. Proudly An'Ebira N300,000=
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS AS AT 19th June, 2015 = N1,901,320.

c). MINIMUM AMOUNT REQUIRED BEFORE THE RADIO CAN COME BACK ON AIR Is N20 MILLION.

J.O. OMUYA
for: Ovidi Communications Ltd.
(Owners of Tao 101.9 FM Radio).

Proudly Anebira donates N300,000.

In fulfilment of it's commitment to the socioeconomic development of the community,  Proudly Anebira, a mobile based network of Ebira notable groups and associations recently presented a cheque of N300,000 to the radio station.

Receiving the donation in Abuja on behalf of the management board of Ovidi communications, Chief (Dr.) Tom Aaze Adaba thanked the group for the generous gesture.

Dr.  Tom Adaba noted that the board was working tirelessly to revive the radio station back to operation.

He assured Proudly Anebira that the FM station would soon bounce back and most likely hit the airwaves before the end of the year.