Imo state Commissioner for Information, Tourism
and Public Utilities, Obinna Nshirim, yesterday said investigations carried out
by him during the yuletide holiday, showed that 70% of Igbos do not read
newspapers or listen to radio.
Speaking during an interview with Imo
Broadcasting Corporation in Owerri yesterday, Nshirim said he also discovered
that Hausas are more informed as a hausa shoemaker has a radio beside him which
he listens to just to get informed.
"While others were
enjoying their Christmas, I was moving around because it is my duty as
information commissioner to know how far I have informed the people as well as
to get feedback from them. In what could be described as a shocking experience
while going around, I discovered to my horror that our people are not informed.
70 percent of Igbo do not listen to news, they do not read newspapers. We say
we are intelligent, we say we are informed but that Hausa boy that cleans your
shoe has a radio in his pocket.
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