As the international community marks this year’s World Radio Day, people are encouraged to be environmentally friendly and shun harmful practices such as deforestation and indiscriminate bush burning which are detrimental to the ecosystem.

Correspondent, Emmanuel Okonkwo reports that this was the major responses from respondents on the 2025 World Radio Day which has its theme as, “Radio and Climate Change: A Powerful Tool for Climate Action”.

The Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Anambra State Council, Dr Emeka Odogwu who described radio as the best mass medium to reach a cross section of people including the rural population, made a case that managers of radio stations should device more means of enlightening the public on the need to embrace tree planting and other environment friendly practices that will improve the ecosystem and curb climatic challengings confronting the world recently.

For the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Anambra Broadcasting Service, ABS, Mr Christopher Molokwu, ABS will continue to promote healthy environmental practices through its programs, and other stations should key into the initiative to make the world a better and more conducive place.

Another respondent, Comrade Justice Asiegbu commended UNESCO for establishing such a day to recognize radio’s role in fostering dialogue, promoting peace, and enlightening diverse communities, including those in remote areas, and encouraged those at the helm of affirs of radio outfits to come up with interesting programs to endear  more people to the radio , as according to him, radio is life and life would be worthless without radio.

Recall that the World Radio Day, celebrated every February 13, is an annual event established by UNESCO in 2011 to highlight the importance of radio as a powerful medium for information, education, and entertainment.

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