There was a time that the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) had the advantage of being a strong broadcasting platform. NigeriaTelevisionAuthority NTA LaiMohammed CNN Nigeria
There was a time that the Nigerian Television Authority had the advantage of being a strong broadcasting platform. Then, television licences given to states and private organisations were restricted to certain areas and locality. NTA was the only TV network seen all over the country. It had all the equipment and was everywhere.
They said the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed’ s decision to seek a loan of $500 million dollars to revamp NTA and scale it to the same standard as CNN was another way of bringing more hardship to the country. According to Mohammed, NTA can only achieve this feat when it is digitised as there is already manpower in place. He said, “If this project is approved, there will be more visibility for our people in the music, fashion and film industries.
It was a strategic partnership meant to help Nigeria in actualising its 2015 digital transition deadline, as it was believed that Star Times would leverage on the existing platform of NTA to provide quality digital service to every home in Nigeria and in doing that, the whole country won’t find it difficult to get digitalised even before the 2015 transition.
Playwright, culture activist and communicator, Ben Tomoloju, said he would not draw the conclusion that government has obtained loans with an ulterior motive and would also not accept the peremptory approach towards initiating programmes for any sector without consulting the stakeholders.
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