Category: World Service
Date: 16.09.2005
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Â鶹Éç Hausa has secured an exclusive phone-in with Nuhu Ribadu, Head of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission in Nigeria, for the Â鶹Éç's Who Runs Your World? season of programming.
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The phone-in takes place on Nigeria's Day of Independence, Saturday 1 October from 5.30 to 6.00pm GMT, continuing at 7.30 to 8.30pm GMT.
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Nuhu Ribadu will answer questions from listeners by telephone: +44 207 557 2610 and by text messaging: +44 778 620 2009.
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He is expected to be challenged on numerous issues, including corruption and why Nigeria is amongst the 20 least-developed countries in the world.
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Â鶹Éç Hausa's new breakfast show, New Hausa Dawn, will broadcast further programmes for the Who Runs Your World? season, which explores where power lies in the 21st century.
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Broadcasting everyday from Saturday 17 September until Monday 3 October from 5.30 to 6.00am GMT, New Hausa Dawn will look at various aspects of power including the role of political godfathers in Nigeria, the effects of ecological changes in the Niger, the lives of cocoa farmers in Ghana and the influences of 'Nollywood' on youth culture.
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Jamilah Tangaza, Head of the Â鶹Éç Hausa Service, said: "Â鶹Éç Hausa is always looking for new ways to interact with its audience and I believe this season of programming, which includes the Mr Nuhu Ribadu phone-in, will not only give our listeners the opportunity to experience the realities of life on the continent but also challenge those in power.
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"New Hausa Dawn is the perfect place to run our season of programmes on the theme of power. This breakfast show is already proving to be very popular and the season will complement the news analysis, illustrated bulletins, human interest stories and music already available."
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Highlights from the Â鶹Éç Hausa season of programming:
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Does the political godfather run Nigeria's democratic set-up?
Political Godfatherism means no Nigerian can ever dream of obtaining political power without a "big man" behind the scene.
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But what happens when the aspirant attains a political position and falls out with the godfather?
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Do movies run the lives of young people in Nigeria?
A big wind is blowing in Nigeria - Nigerian movies! This programme explores what some sociologists and policy makers are arguing - that particular movies, like those with a theme of political thuggery or black magic, impact negatively on the lives of young people who make up the majority of buyers and watchers.
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Does religion rule the lives of Nigerians?
Many surveys show that religion plays a leading role in the lives of Nigerians. A recent Â鶹Éç survey for the Who Runs Your World? season show religious leaders are the most trusted of leadership groups (according to 85% of respondents), with 86% wanting to give them more power in their country.
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Social realities on the ground in Nigeria contradict that line of thinking. This programme in the season asks whether Nigerians use religion as a scam to cover-up all kinds of social vices.
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A retired civil servant was reported to have once said: "If Nigerians were to match in behaviour the level they say prayers or go to churches or mosques, the country would have been a paradise on earth."
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Who runs the Nigerian village?
Is it the village chief, the farm, a person's herds of cows and goats, or the weekly market day?
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Life in Nigerian villages is a sharp contrast to life in the Nigerian capitals like Lagos and Abuja, with different challenges and different priorities.
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The programme asks what shapes the life of the average villager in Nigeria.
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Does money run the world of ordinary Nigerians?
Nigerians are known as the "Italians of Africa". They have earned this title by virtue of their love for fashion, flamboyance and high taste in life.
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But you cannot satisfy this craving without money. Some argue that everyone is in a mad race to acquire big cash in a bid to look good, while others say the race to acquire money is simply in order to live a decent life.
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The programme explores whether Nigerians have become slaves to money.
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Does the Sahel run the world of people from the Niger? Life is tough in Niger, as the Sahel shapes everyone who lives there.
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The programme explores how ecological changes, like poor rains, barrenness of the soil and other climactic calamities, compel people to behave or live in a particular way.
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Who runs the life of the cocoa farmers in Ghana?
Ghana is home to many cocoa farmers - as a result many families depend on the produce as a means of sustenance.
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However, cocoa price is not determined in Ghana, but in Western markets. Cocoa is cheap in Ghana, but sold expensively in the West.
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We look at the raw product in Ghana and the conditions it is planted, harvested and exported; then pick up at the other end of the chain by looking at the prices of chocolate, and when and how it is sold in an attempt to figure out who runs the life of the cocoa farmers of Ghana.
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Who Runs Your World? is the Â鶹Éç's largest ever single-themed season of programmes. Running from 16 September to 2 October, it will feature on all the Â鶹Éç global news services - TV, radio and online - in English and in 42 other languages including Hausa, Swahili and Kinyarwanda/Kirundi.
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The season explores power: who wants it; how it is used and how it is changing. And it is not just about politics, as every aspect of life comes under the Who Runs Your World? spotlight including religion, business, sport, entertainment and the family.
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Special programmes include the five-part radio documentary Looking for Democracy, a debate on The Millennium Goals and an exploration of very personal relationships in the programme Face to Face.
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Notes to Editors
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Â鶹Éç Hausa delivers up-to-date information, news, current affairs, sports and entertainment to the global Hausa-speaking community.
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For text and audio, go to bbchausa.com.
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