Football loving Nigerians may not get to watch
the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying game
against Kenya today, because of rights issues.
Officials of NTA revealed to KickOffNigeria, that
the right holders are demanding for as much as
€400,000 broadcast fee, before they can be
allowed to transmit the crucial match.
“It is outrageous! That is an
obscene amount of money
for just two hours of live
transmission and at very short notice,” the NTA
official said.
In what might offer anxious fans slim hope, he
added that the network was still negotiating to
try and bring down the fee.
“If we can get it down, and bring in other
stations like AIT, and so on, we may still be able
to bring the game to Nigerians,” he said.
The game is scheduled to kick off by 2pm in
Nairobi