An ardent listener to early morning newspaper review programme called "Ajaabale" on a federal government owned radio station situated in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Paramount 94.5 F.M. must be familiar with their voices. And that is not just because they reviewed headlines in the national dailies between 6.30 and 7 am every other day, but more because of the unusual mastery of the language of communication, Yoruba, with which they threw banters at each other whenever they were paired together before going on to lace their delivery with apt and exciting Yoruba proverbs, idioms, parables, innuendoes, metaphors and other figures of speech relevant to the major news of the day. Not to stretch your curiosity much longer, the 2 top broadcasters in question are Titus Akinyemi Olatoye better known as Alawiye Federation, Ola Inu Kan, the current chairman of Freelance and Independent Broadcasters’ Association of Nigeria (FIBAN), Ogun State chapter, and Musiliu Adisa Sanni SAN (Senior Amuludun of Nigeria), FCA (Fluent and Capable Apanilerin), Omo Iya Ponle, Alagbo One Billion.
There are two pieces of news about the duo for their fans: one piece of bad news and one piece of good news. But the piece of bad news first. Alawiye Federation and Bebe Musiliu have both walked away from the newspaper review programme which they not only started on the radio with the support of the then General Manager of the station, Prince Adeboboye, but that they also made popular and darling of radio listeners at dawn both in Ogun and its neighbouring states. According to a Facebook post by Alawiye Federation this morning, Saturday, November 7th, 2015, “On the 1st of March, 2012, the programme birthed and Bebe Musiliu and I set the pace by reading the first episode amidst fear, trembling and stuttering… I remember the 30 minutes that day looked like 3 hours because neither of us had ever been a newscaster in our career but still scaled the hurdle.”
Alawiye Federation continued, “…but the most important thing is that we broke the jinx with a powerful encouragement from the then General Manager, Prince Adeboboye who is about the best GM that station ever has ever produced. All together, four of us (Chief [Mrs.] Ibiyemi Ajadi, Bebe Musiliu, Pastor T. and I) were actually the trailblazers of Ajaabale and we thank God that the programme is not only the best on that channel but also the toast of every presenter and advertiser, just in less than 3 years… to God be the glory!
“Well, in the long run so much water has passed under the bridge; we had the course to go through lots of hardship and sacrifices to sustain the programme even when it was not convenient. Thanks to a former GM, Alhaji Bola Muibi who also believed in our ability and transformed the programme to the best in revenue generation for the station. Some presenters dropped from presenting the programme along the line due to one thing or the other like frustration, bad management, health factor etc. while some others joined out of ‘I must be heard at all cost’ syndrome not minding whether they are paid or not. Like the saying that says one should leave the stage when the ovation is loudest, my humble self and Bebe Musiliu who set the pace then have decided to leave the stage due to some of the factors listed above (most importantly, bad management) and we don’t want to take all of our listeners for granted by leaving without any message to you because you have all been our backbones with your encouragement, especially when you see us in town. However, the programme is still very much on with good and versatile presenters you have always enjoyed but our joy is that we came, we saw and we have conquered.”
You must be wondering what the good piece of news is by now, you don’t have to wait any longer, here is it, “… we implore you to wait for our next move on another radio station where we will set another pace, on behalf of Musiliu Sanni, Mr. Bebe omo Iya Ponle, Alagbo One billion and my humble self, Alawiye Federation, Ola Inu Kan, we say thank you in a million times for being there!”
The post was duly signed by Akinyemi Olatoye (Alawiye Federation).
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