The proposed Nigeria Police Broadcasting Service (NPBS) will hit the airwaves nationwide on 28 November, according to its chairman Ediri Jerry Wesley. Wesley said the NPBS will focus on four areas of operation, namely television, radio, online and emergency control centre, CommunicationsWeek reported. The project is a Public Private Partnership with the Nigeria Police to help curb insecurity by prompt response to emergencies.
Unlike most broadcast organisations, the NPBS will not source adverts for sustainability, rather its survival will depend largely on sponsorship from corporate organisations and well-meaning individuals, Wesley said. He said personnel for the channel would be trained by professionals from prominent broadcast organisations including the Cable News Network (CNN).
Wesley said about 5,000 young people will be engaged and trained for three years by 50 expatriate professionals from CNN, the BBC and other foreign media organisations. In order to reach everyone irrespective of their educational background, transmission will also be done in both Pidgin English and other Nigerian languages, he said.