KWARA State government has said that its decision to restructure the state media houses is not to sell the entities, but to improve their efficiency in service delivery, grant them autonomy, as well as increase their revenue generation capacity.

The government believed that the development was mooted to align with modern trend in media management system.

The Sole Administrator of the state media houses, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, said yesterday in Ilorin, that the state government would work with a panel of renowned media experts on the process.

Akorede refuted allegations that the state government was planning to sell the media houses, adding that workers in the organisations will not be retrenched in the restructuring process, which will instead see an expansion in the work force.

“The state government understands how important these media organisations are to Kwara and its people, and as such cannot dispose them off to private individuals,” he stressed.

According to him, the media houses were established by law, which prohibits their sale.

He explained that the objective of overhauling the media houses, comprising Kwara TV, Radio Kwara and Herald newspapers, was to ensure efficient and effective service delivery.

He said the exercise would cover training of the work force, provision of modern equipment and infrastructure, as well as an improvement in the editorial content of the outfits.