The Management of AfiaTV has pledged collaboration with the Department of Mass Communication, ESUT.

Chairman and chief executive officer of AfiaTV Mr Emeka Mbah made the pledge when the members of ESUT Monitor Newspaper Editorial Team paid him a courtesy visit in his office on Monday.

Led by the Head of Department, Dr Chidiebere Ezinwa, Mr Mbah expressed delight over the visit and described it as an honour.

Mr Mbah who graduated from the department over 30 years ago, stated that he will collaborate with Mass Communication in areas of mentorship, capacity building through workshop, training of the students as interns s in his office, accommodating the students fir excursion, the among others.

Earlier in his speech, Dr Ezinwa told the Chairman that the team was in his office as part of the department’s move to reach out to its alumni, adding that AfiaTV has afforded them the opportunity to deepen the engagement.

He commended the management of the station for the warm reception adding that the collaboration will further strengthen the department’s resolve in ensuring that students are well trained to face the larger society after graduation.

Highlights of the visit were presentation of a copy of ESUT Monitor Newspaper to the chairman who also took the team round the company including the TV and radio stations.

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The chief executive officer, Afia TV, Mr Emeka Mbah on Thursday paid tribute to his Alma mater, the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT for giving him a quality background which has contributed to his success in the media industry.

Speaking to ESUT Monitor at the Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival (ENIFF) on Thursday, Mbah said he’s product of ESUT and graduated from the Department of Mass Communication 33 years ago.

“ESUT is a foundation for me because it gave me an opportunity to learn and to build a career at that time in the 80s. I had some of the fantastic teachers and mentors. Obviously at that time ESBS was thriving, Daily Star – the State newspaper – was doing quite well. It gave us the opportunity to interact and learn from editors and producers at ESBS then. In all, I’m still grateful for the opportunity to have been a student and graduated from that institution, I’m proud to be an Esutite,” Mbah said.

He also disclosed his intentions and what informed his decision to situate the TV station in Enugu. “I think that South East is not well represented in the Nigerian Media Space, especially in the digital platforms and the traditional linear media. So my motivation was how do we begin to tell stories that come from the South East, about the South East and for us” he added.

the former Director-General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) noted that in order to sustain and promote the South-East cultural heritage, the young people must be carried along, hence his decision for hiring majority of young people in his media outlet.

“Working with young people is very strategic for us in Afia, because we’re looking at not today, but tomorrow. I believe the future is for the young people. If I’m talking about the future, should I be looking at Old people like myself? I’ll go with the young people because they’re the future,” he concluded

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