Coronavirus effect hits Nigerian media, 40,000 jobs at risk
The ravaging effect of coronavirus has hit the media industry in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation.
On Friday, the Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association raised the alarm in a statement made available to DAILY POST. NBMOA, formed in 2014, has a combined audience base of 80 million or 85 percent of the population of North. “Even before the advent of the COVID-19 scourge, NBMOA member stations have operated on meagre funds. Agency revenue has been eclipsed by the effects of the COVID-19 on our national economy. We are unarguably in a precarious situation.
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