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Nigerian govt insists on implementation of amended broadcasting code “This project is capable of generating 1 million jobs in three years,” the minister said. 2 min read The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the government remains undaunted in the implementation of the amended Nigeria Broadcasting Code despite the pushback “from some quarters.” Mr Mohammed spoke at a “stakeholders’ meeting” on Digital Switch Over (DSO) in Lagos on Monday. The minister said the ministry, through the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), had made the ref...

Digital switchover project will employ 1m youths in three years ― Lai Mohammed Digital switchover project will employ 1m youths in three years ― Lai Mohammed Share Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the Digital Switchover in the country is capable of employing 1 million youths in the country for three years. The minister made this known at the engagement between the Ministerial Task Force on the Digital Switch Over (DSO) and Stakeholders held, on Monday, in Lagos. He noted that the teeming youths especially will be employed through this project as it ...

The broadcast and the telecommunications industries are going through terrible patches in the hands of those who are supposed to be keepers of the temple. At separate fora last week appointees of government spoke about the sectors in a manifest display of how very ignorant they are about the sectors they should be superintending. Separately they sowed hope, they sowed fear and they also sowed vapor; however, they are in very clear deficit of hope but have fear and vapor in abundant supply. Advertisement The role of the Minister in any deregulated sector, like broadcasting and telecommunicatio...

Digital Switch Over: FG to rake in $1bn from spectrum sale – Minister On Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says over one billion dollars would accrue to government from the sale of spectrum after completion of the Digital Switch Over (DSO). The minister stated this on Thursday in Abuja when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship interview programme, NANForum. NAN reports that the DSO is the process of transiting from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting and the country has set April 29 for the resumption of the roll out of ...

FG directs GoTv, Startimes to migrate to FreeTV platform The government says the directive is in line with the Digital Switch Over. ADVERTISEMENT The Federal Government says it has directed two PayTv platforms – GoTv and Startimes – to migrate their signals from self-carrying to any of the two licensed FreeTv signal distributors. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, said the directive was in line with the Digital Switch Over (DSO) process. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that DSO is the process of transiting from analogue...