Nigerians Paid N5.8 Billion For English Premiership
League
Service
Providers In Nigeria paid more than N5.8 billion to
bring last season’s English Premier League (EPL)
matches to Nigerians through the National
Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
The Commission’s Director-General, Mr Yomi Bolarinwa,
stated this in Makurdi, while advising the service
providers to be more reasonable in their bidding
next season.
He however said the local league could be developed
to be a crowd-puller and revenue-earner like the EPL,
urging service providers to look inwards for the
benefit of the economy.
In his words, `` we have invited the service
providers to please bid reasonably this time.
Considering the amount of money the service
providers put into a foreign football league, if a
quarter of that amount is put into the local league,
we will develop the league.’’
On the transmission of the 2010 World Cup finals in
South Africa, Bolarinwa said the NBC had already
consulted the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria
(BON) to ensure an uninterrupted transmission of the
event to Nigeria.
Community Broadcasting
Meanwhile, The Nigerian House of Representatives has
called on the National Broadcasting Commission to
hasten the licensing of Community Radio broadcast in
the country .
The Chairman, House Committee on Information and
National Orientation, Mr. Dino Melaye made the
remark when the National Coalition for Community
Radio visited the committee in Abuja.
Mr. Melaye said given the huge value of community
radio in the development of the society; the house
would work hard to ensure it gets an executive
support.
NAN/ FRCN/Qasim/ Austeen