 It is a special honor to be here today to celebrate the pioneers of television in Africa. Exactly 60 years ago today, Chief of Anthony Aulo, a premier of the West End region, then flanked by the Governor-General, Sir John Banking, Chief Anthony Aulo was the region's minister of information, and Chief Tizifala, the first board chair of the West End media broadcasting organization, formally entered his peoples by commissioning the WNTT first in Africa. And this was ahead of China. China only got television in 1962. Canada got television in 1967. It had a music line in 1960, and several European countries never liked it. It only got television in 1960. Ireland in 1961, Greece in 1966, and Malta in 1962. It was first in Africa. It was first in many parts of Asia. It was, I remind you, even in Europe. We do not even talk at all about this and Europe. It then was historic for three reasons. Firstly, it demonstrated the capacity of the Nigerian mind to conceive, and achieve anything no matter how complicated or difficult. Secondly, it demonstrates how visionary leadership can inspire and lead people from the lowest levels to the highest levels of human imagination. Thirdly, it exemplifies the use of public resources for the public good. The WNTT was built to inform and to educate and to undertake. And as Papa himself said on that day 16 years ago, television is a powerful influence for good. It would ordinarily have been unimaginable that somehow in the parts of the very yet to the independent bacteria a man and his team would build a television station in three months. The first, as we have seen, in many parts of the world. But for the man it was, Papa bothered me all along. It wasn't so surprising. Because he had laid out a plan for the rapid development of Western Asia which included physical infrastructure and human capacity development. The plan included free and compulsory education. As of the date of the inauguration of the WNTT almost a million children went to school in the West African region. 41% of the West African region's budget was spent on education. The highest proportion, the highest proportion at that time anywhere in the world, anywhere in the world. In the free world in particular, it was obvious that those who understood the value of education used it as a powerful opponent for the advancement of their peoples and the baccalaureate of the students. So today as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the WNTT we also celebrate what is possible in our nation and in our states. We celebrate also what vision, hard work and a commitment to the public good can do. But as Ambassador Parou made a said the celebration of the phenomenal achievement in 1959 would be wasted unless we recognize that the achievement represents sturdy shoulders for us to stand on. And that today we can do more. And that the vision of our world was to build a people capable of excelling beyond even his own achievements. Every generation has a historic responsibility to reach for the highest peaks that human capacity can achieve. Today we are the most advanced moment in science, in technology and innovation in human history. The mobile phone, the smartphones that you have in your hands have more computing power than all of the computing power that the Apollo space ship that took night to the moon had in 1969. Today every smartphone has more computing power than all that the Apollo space ship had in 1969. So all things are possible and we are equal. Let us be inspired by the past words that our only limit is our imagination. And congratulations to the foundation of the 4th Ibarian Television and to all of us friends, family and admirers of the 5 years. Thank you very much.