maasoap: @seunfly
But the truth is that my so called 950million naira will not be spent on on hospitals, schools, roads, etc. It will end up in individual pockets. Once again, may be in the next edition CAF will ask you to pay the same amount as Ghana with less than Lagos state population because we refused to pay this time around. Rubbish.

maasoap: @teskyg
Will you support me in voting out PDP and Jona out of power and ASO rock in 2015 because I want a change in this country. Withholding 950million naira that was supposed to use in buying broadcast right was not in your best interest as you've made to believe. The said money is as good as gone. Or, do you trust them? Do you believe their claim? Because I don't.

maasoap: @Noblezone
Since you're too slow to get my drift, I'll explain to you. Jona and PDP may be responsible or may not but my statement was in response to guy who mentioned people who don't want change in Nigeria. The change has to start wt irresponsible govt who withheld money that was supposed to acquire broadcasting right.
And yes, psychiatric ward needs to be opened on NL for people like you who support govt that takes everything from citizens without giving anything in return.

maasoap: ^^^This only showed that your knowledge on the matter is limited to only what you came across on NL! To let you be informed, BON only negotiated on behalf of govt. When you dig that up, come back and debate wt me. I simply can't understand why people would form an opinion in their room instead of searching for the facts. What is BON and their composition? Do they have common purse? The minister himself said that they acted on d BON's advice not to pay after negotiation. My boy, get informed.

maasoap: ^^^This only showed that your knowledge on the matter is limited to only what you came across on NL! To let you be informed, BON only negotiated on behalf of govt. When you dig that up, come back and debate wt me. I simply can't understand why people would form an opinion in their room instead of searching for the facts. What is BON and their composition? Do they have common purse? The minister himself said that they acted on d BON's advice not to pay after negotiation. My boy, get informed.

seunfly: ^^^^^ you even have time for him, you should have given it to him an assignment.
That will keep him busy from arguing blindly and sentimentaly while it will broaden his knowledge. All the same good of u, as u ve enlighten him a bit.

maasoap: Every man is inclined to be indisciplined or corrupt, and that's why govts all over the have various institutions to check people's desire to cut corners or do d they way want.

maasoap: In Nigeria today, people like u are able to use mercenary to pass exams because institutions that are supposed to punish you and d likes have failed.

naptu2:

Point of correction. BON negotiated on behalf of itself. When a dispute arose, the Federal Government offered to step in and pay the balance, but BON told government not to intervene because it would set a bad precedent.

Jijiwa was quite explicit.

naptu2: In the old days we had problems with live broadcast of matches (even within Nigeria). This was because it was seen as a public service.

During Nigeria 1980 there were slow motion replays, multi-camera coverage and outside broadcast vans. By 1985 most of these things had vanished.

Furthermore, with the devaluation of the naira, it was becoming increasingly difficult for NTA and FRCN to pay for broadcast rights of international events.

The private sector stepped in. Degue Broadcast Networks (DBN) got the rights for either China '85 or Los Angeles '84 (I can't remember which), sourced for sponsors and made a lot of money for the NTA. This led to an explosion of rights marketing companies, such as OSMI, DBN (before it became a television station), etc (Segun Odegbami even owned one of such companies back in the day).

However, with the political and economic crises of the 1990s it became even more difficult to buy rights. That's where BON became crucial.

Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria was initially formed in 1973 (because of the All Africa Games). At that time the broadcast industry was limited to government stations. However, after the All Africa Games it went comatose and was virtually dead until 1987 when Tony Momoh revived it (& this was the year I started following the activities of the organisation). It was virtually a government parastatal at this time, because both FRCN and NTA are government parastatals. However, with the enactment of the new broadcast decree in 1992 and the beginning of private broadcasting in 1994, priavte stations also joined BON. In fact, Raymond Dokpesi was co-chairman in 2001.

Broadcast companies decided to pull their resources together to bid for rights (each company will pay some money towards the acquisition of the rights), while the marketing companies (OSMI, etc) source for sponsors/advertisers.

When BON and LC2 could not reach an agreement, the government decided to step in and pay the balance, but BON told government not to interfere, because if they pay the high fees now, then they'll have to keep paying high fees in future.

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MsDarkSkin:

lmao. awesome name.