The Voice of Nigeria otherwise known as VON. The Voice of Nigeria started operation as an external arm of the NBC which became autonomous and reorganizing 1991 into a full-fledged corporate body. VON that project the image of Nigerian and Africa to the outside world under a director general. The organization of VON into an autonomous corporate entity was via Decree 15 of May 14, 1991; by that Decree, the station expected among several other functions to provide as a public service in the interest of Nigerian broadcasting services for global reception is such languages and as such time as a corporation may specify.