Arda Radio

“Orogojigo” meaning “Deep and Wide Matters” in Yoruba language follows the disintegration of a hitherto happy family in their attempt to deal with infertility and infidelity. It targets urban as well as rural audiences with civic education, democracy and good governance, child abuse, sexual exploitation, and issues of honesty and transparency in the South Western part of Nigeria. Twenty-six episodes of this serial have been produced and each episode lasts 15 minutes.

“Chiefoo” (Day Break) is an Igbo soap opera. The soap follows the intrigues within a typical Igbo extended family dealing with polygamy, girl-child disinheritance, maltreatment of widows and issues of integrity and accountability. Other themes include male child preference, women’s political invisibility, female genital mutilation (FGM), corrupt practices, general low Knowledge of civic rights and low expectations from public servants. 104 episodes of these have so far been produced.

15 minute Hausa radio soap opera. It follows the lives and times of different classes of men and women in a typical urban and rural Northern Nigerian setting. Main themes address rights of women and children under Muslim laws. Over time, other issues e.g. HIV/AIDS, gender and development, corruption, and violence against women have also been addressed. 234 episodes of “Asuba Ta Gari” are available.

This is a 15-minute soap opera in Pidgin English based in a fictitious location in Nigeria known as Rainbow City. Most of the action takes place in a typical large tenement building, which is residence to a mix-grill of characters dealing with everyday problems of survival, and getting along. Themes addressed so far include: democracy, good governance, civic rights, responsibilities, corruption; reproductive health, sexual responsibility, HIV/AIDS information. There are 260 episodes so far.

ARDA is governed by a board of eight trustees. A Program Director and an Executive Producer jointly oversee day-to-day management of the organization. They are assisted by a diverse team of enthusiastic and highly skilled personnel including program officers, production assistants, administrative staff and other consultants. A full time accountant and an audit firm oversee the financial matters.

The core values of the organization are Integrity, Professionalism and Cleanliness.