But Transfer of Production and Presentation Authority Carried Out in Gilded Style
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| Best radio programme award-winning crew and panelists pose for the press |
Incessant power failure, suspicion of reporters
amidst other bottlenecks gravely hampered the complete broadcast of a special
edition of Focus on UB dubbed Focus on UB
in Retrospect over Chariot FM, crew members reported.
The planned two hour programme which started at 3pm,
Friday June 14, 2013, first met its Golgotha when AES-Sonel suddenly ceased
electricity with a lot of impunity without prior notice. By this time, only a
commentary and five reports had been aired, Njumbe Stephen Sako, the
programme’s co-producer noted. He further stressed that 18 painstaking reports
were not aired due to the frustration.
The
Pointer observed that three invited panelists: Martins
Elonge, CEO of Brik Foundation; Mbain Derick, Former Producer of Focus on UB;
and Ewule Edward of Tanyi Mbi and Partners Law Firm, expressed disappointment
over the behavior of one of Chariot FM’s official.
According to the producers, the programme could not continue
when electricity was reinstated due to a Chariot FM official’s decision stopping
the programme, irrespective of the fact that the programme’s control sheet was
dully signed by a senior departmental authority. Yet, the crew members were
responsible enough and left immediately in anger to Da Crown Molyko Base 100
for the official handing over.
After, a brief postmortem and by consensus of the
producers, production and presentation authority of Focus on UB for 2013/2014
was handed over to Che Bruno, Mbah Beryl, Lohshie Eugene, Tem Derick and Ambe
Betrand as producer, co-producer, presenter, assistant presenter and chief
technician respectively.
The day’s event, which fortunately did not see again
the arrest and detention of any Focus on UB crew member ended with a lot of
feasting and sharing of experiences.
By Amindeh Blaise
Atabong
