Bbc Hausa Comes To Marhaba Fm In Accra

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26 January 2012. BBC Hausa news and present day-affairs programming is now to be bbc hausa news arsenal had for listening on Marhaba ninety nine.3 FM in Accra way to a brand new partnership agreement between BBC World Service and Marhaba FM.

In addition to each day BBC Hausa programmes along with the morning show, BBC Shirin Safe, and the evening news programme, BBC Shirin Yamma, Hausa-speaking audiences in Accra can also track into the BBC Hausa sports announcements broadcast Monday to Friday. Marhaba 99.three FM will also rebroadcast BBC Hausa weekly programmes which includes the English Premier League commentary, Amshoshin Takardun Ku (Listners' Letters) and girls's mag focusing on motherhood and childcare, Haifi Ki Yaye Da BBC Hausa.

BBC World Service Business Development Manager, West and Southern Africa, Steve Martin, remarks: “Listeners were asking us to make BBC Hausa to be had on FM in Accra for years. Now, way to this new partnership with Marhaba 99.three FM, listeners can hear the BBC programmes they want on the FM band they decide upon. We're delighted to be extending our carrier in this manner, particularly at a time arsenal when Hausa-speakers tell us they're keen for impartial, independent reporting of the today's news from Nigeria.”

Managing Director, Marhaba FM, Baba Sheriff Abdulahi, adds: “We are very proud and happy with this partnership as Hausa-speakme listeners in Accra can now pay attention BBC in clean and best sound on Marhaba FM.”

To mark the release of BBC Hausa on FM in Accra, BBC Hausa is staging a debate in Accra, asking if a “sub-Saharan African Spring” could be useful or necessary. BBC Hausa Editor, Mansur Liman, says: “We are pleased to be keeping this debate in Accra within the expertise that Hausa-talking audiences right here can now concentrate to us in FM fine.”

The BBC Hausa debate might be recorded on Friday 27 January and broadcast on the identical day at 19.30 GMT.