Foremost broadcast veteran, excellent speaker of English language, the man blessed with a golden voice, Jika Attoh, has passed on. Jika oozed so much class either as co-anchor of Kaakaki on AIT or as a newscaster. When they say broadcasters are born, Jika comes to mind. I met him just once and that was when I was in the print media. We discussed bad English in the Nigerian media being so off-putting.
He gave an example: "Why do they say he is a talkative? What's correct is 'he's talkative.'" According to reports he died at POSH hospital, New Haven, Enugu. May God grant him eternal rest and give his family and army of admirers the fortitude to bear this terrible loss.
Source: Babajide kolade- Otitoloju's page.
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