Muslimah Foundation, with support from the US Embassy,  Abuja is organising a COVID-19 radio response with the objective of increasing awareness of COVID-19 in nine northern states of Nigeria by:

  • Airing sensitization radio messages in 15 languages and airing them for two months in state radio stations
  • Broadcasting a live radio programme once a week for a period of two months with the Federal Radio Corporation AM service in Hausa

The radio stations and languages are:

SNSTATESTATIONSLANGUAGES
1ADAMAWAFOMBINA FM, YOLAFULFULDE, HAUSA, BACHAMA
2BORNOPEACE FM, MAIDUGURIKANURI, HAUSA, BURA, SHUWA ARAB, MARGHI
3GOMBE
AMANA FM, GOMBE
FULFULDE, HAUSA, TANGALE, TERA
4KADUNA
FRCN, KADUNA/ KARAMA FM
HAUSA, KAJE, PIDGING
5KANOPYRAMID, KANOHAUSA, PIDGING
6KATSINACOMPANION FM, KATSINAHAUSA, FULFULDE
7KEBBIEQUITY FM, BIRNIN KEBBIHAUSA
8NIGERPOWER FM, NIGERHAUSA,GWARI, NUPE
9YOBEYBC, DAMATURUFULFULDE, HAUSA, KANURI, BOLE, KAREKARE
10KADUNAFRCN KADUNAHAUSA LIVE DISCUSSION PROGRAMME

The live radio programme on FRCN, Hausa Service, Kaduna is aired every Wednesday at 8am. The topics and panelists are: