Nigeria's Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, at the Extra Ordinary meeting of the National Council of Information held in Abuja few days ago stated that Nigerians will start paying to view television content. As the deadline for Nigeria's migration to digital terrestrial television broadcasting draws near, Nigerian authorities will soon introduce content access fees to replace radio licence fees.
"For a long time radio licences have not been collected and in other countries the public broadcast services are run from fees collected on broadcast content. But unfortunately in our country, the existing constitutional provision has made fee collection less effective. Now, we are undertaking a new format. We are taking advantage of the digital technology and looking beyond sending people to go from place to place to collect fees for broadcast content," he said.
The advantages of this include; improved financial capability for stakeholders to improve content and upgrade infrastructure, access to adequate funds for sustained upgrade of their infrastructure for effective service delivery for Nigeria Broadcasting Commission and other stakeholders.
He continued, "We are here because we are approaching the deadline and Nigeria must transit. We must do everything possible, we must work 24 hours to ensure that our country is not cut-off from the rest of the world.''
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Posted: at 7-07-2014 09:52 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Nigeria government always imitate developed countries on collection of revenue but don't imitate them on how to use the revenue to better the life of it citizens. May thunder wey no ge umunna(kinsmen) hammer una there! Who go pay to watch all these una nonsense stations! Mtcheeeeeew!!!
Posted: at 7-07-2014 10:54 AM (10 years ago) | Hero
raphealb2k at 7-07-2014 11:16 AM (10 years ago) (m)
nonsence nta all this govn self did they think they are?they said we youth are the leader of tomorrow and yet no youth don lead this country and now youth without job make he come pay for tv station God punish all the people way follow plan this may boko haram locate them and kill the all like spatacus
Posted: at 7-07-2014 11:16 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie
fujiblack at 7-07-2014 11:44 AM (10 years ago) (m)
Useless leaders..you pple don't ever talk on how to reduce the luxuriou allowances been given to those thiefs and stop thinking on hw to steal from d poor..that is how they tricked us into fuel subsidy witout no benefit..
Posted: at 7-07-2014 11:44 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie
nonsence nta all this govn self did they think they are?they said we youth are the leader of tomorrow and yet no youth don lead this country and now youth without job make he come pay for tv station God punish all the people way follow plan this may boko haram locate them and kill the all like spatacus
FACT
Posted: at 7-07-2014 11:46 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie
dynasty4all at 7-07-2014 11:54 AM (10 years ago) (m)
I DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THE MONEY? JUST ENRICHING THEMSELVES WHILE POOR MASSES ARE SUFFERING. WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE PAYING THE OLD & SICK ONES, BUT NO WAY WHICH WAY NIGERIA? WHICH WAY 2 GO? IN BIAFRA WE STAND, LAND OF HONEY & MILK, THE CHOSEN GENERATION, GOD'S OWN PEOPLE
Posted: at 7-07-2014 11:54 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Useless country steal public fund a country that rob it own citizen a country where officials travel abroad for treatment and let the poor die in there sickness. That is why biafra should come and biafra must come
Posted: at 7-07-2014 01:48 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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