The Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria has hinted that erratic electricity supply, the continued collapse of the national grid, and the high cost of procuring diesel and Premium Motor Spirit were responsible for the poor performance of broadcast stations in the country.
“It was a year that the national electricity grid collapsed many times, magnifying the epileptic public power supply problem while bills for the non-available power supply kept rising unabated.”
He expressed concern over the imposition of double taxation on broadcast stations, claiming worsened the industry’s problems. He also worried over the saturation of the airwaves by private radio and television stations, calling for linkages and mergers to benefit from advert revenues. He assured that broadcast managers would perform their constitutional responsibility without fear or favour.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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