UCB Africa: Soon to broadcast in Nigeria
Sep 27th, 2007 by Gary
Hello rockers….have a look at the photo!…The Akingbolas are the colourful couple chatting with UCB President Hal Short at the recent UCB Africa regional conference in South Africa. Erastus and Antonia found the Word For Today in England and felt a calling to bring it to Nigeria. So they did…personally funding the project… From a start of just 2000 copies a few years ago they are now looking at printing two and a half million copies!….and are talking about one day printing 10 million!!!!!!! Today prisoners, through to the Nigerian ‘Head of State’ read this devotional and the testimonies received attest to the power of this amazing devotional.Takes some getting your head round eh?. To hear them speak of their desire to cover Nigeria with this devotional is inspiring on one hand, and scary on the other. It was so encouraging to hear about their SMS prayer line, the heart of their prayer intersessors, and their desire to do God’s work….you have to careful around them otherwise you end up ‘caught up’ in their passion.
If you are a broadscaster and have asked The Lord what He wants you to do next …be careful in reading on!
Earlier this year they were awarded a FM licence for Lagos (the capital ) and it is their plan to have it on air next year!…They are looking for a seasoned and experienced radio manager to put this together….could that be you?
Here are some stats for you. Nigeria has over 140 million people, 50% of the population would call themselves Christian and 60% of the population is below the age of 25….I still can’t get over the fact that there over 140 milliuon people there. Missed that lesson at school!
For more info on Nigeria contact Dr Rudi Petersen the CEO for UCB Africa
