₦airaland Forum

SixSeven:
How come people are commenting without asking questions

What NTA studio is this? What programme was this? When was this taken?

Kushites:
What allocation? They get a pittance, and have always gotten a pittance. The govt simply can't afford to spend big money to make NTA what you think it should be.

Go and see how much FOX NEWS has to spend each year, and compare it to your 'NTA allocation'. You'll be embarrassed.

Abeg forget. The govt priorities are roads, schools, hospitals etc, not NTA.

Why is govt even SUPPOSED to have expertise in running a TV station??

It's really not their job.

If you want 'CNN-LEVEL', do what those who started CNN did. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH GOVT.

It's Private Sector.

princeade86:
Judge urself with ur li es.The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) was allocated a total of ₦21.3 billion in the 2025 federal budget.
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2025 Budget Breakdown for NTA:
Based on the 2025 budget proposal, the ₦21.3 billion allocation is divided into the following main areas:
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Personnel Cost (Salaries): ₦9.48 billion
Allowances and Social Distributions: ₦7.35 billion
Capital Projects: Approx. ₦1.5 billion (including, for example, ₦149 million for DSNG uplink facilities, ₦193 million for content acquisition, and ₦137 million for studio equipment for state capital stations).
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Contextual Information:
Historical Funding: In the 10 years prior to 2021, the federal government invested a total of ₦67 billion into NTA, with a significant portion going toward personnel costs.
2020 Allocation: In 2020, NTA received ₦6.6 billion, with ₦6.1 billion for personnel and only ₦303.8 million for capital projects.
Comparison: In 2025, NTA, alongside the National Orientation Agency (NOA - ₦24.4 billion) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN - ₦21.5 billion), accounted for over 60% of the total budget for the Ministry of Information and National Orientation.

Meektunz:
Looking at other TV stations' look, you'll spit on Nigeria Government. Everything is just so messy and embarrassing. I compared the studio with other private stations and i realized this country is gone and has no hope.

Throwback:
While I am surprised that a studio could look like that, then I am no longer surprised when a paltry N137m is for studio equipment for states capital stations in the whole country.

Ask yourself if N137m is enough for even 1 state capital station?

It means every state capital station of NTA must depend on their own share of the N137m to procure or upgrade existing studio. Hence why you have such obvious makeshift studio.

That is nonsense.

Will the government commit more money to such when it is yet to better fund Healthcare and other infrastructural projects? No!

The respective states NTA stations should pursue IGR from its advert slots and programme slots.

1Alex:
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princeade86:
tell us how much NTA is generating for this country.

1Alex:
how will a TV station that lacks maintenance generate money.?

Kushites:
How will a TV network with 36 stations have adequate "maintenance" on $15 million a year?

Kushites:
Tell us the annual budget of those countries you listed.

Should I list their annual budgets and compare it to Nigeria's own?

Kushites:
Tell us the annual budget of those countries you listed. Japan, France, UK, South Korea, India, etc.

Should I list their annual budgets and compare it to Nigeria's own?

Should I embarras you?

1Alex:
the money was not disbursed to them it was only on paper. Not only them the entire 20225 budget was not disbursed.

https://www.nairaland.com/8627186/1.15-trillion-approved-0-disbursed/2#138644423

brain54:
Nta a station that is more than 40 years old...


Suddenly don't have a presentable studio because of the non release of 2025 budget.


Continue you hear!

brain54:
Nta a station that is more than 40 years old...


Suddenly don't have a presentable studio because of the non release of 2025 budget.


Continue you hear!

DjAndroid:
I work with a federal government broadcast outfit. The outfit was established in 2005. Till today, March 2026,it has not enjoyed any maintenance by the Federal government that established it. We the staff contribute money from our meager salary to buy diesel, repair the gen set just to keep the station running.

DjAndroid:
I work with a federal government broadcast outfit. The outfit was established in 2005. Till today, March 2026,it has not enjoyed any maintenance by the Federal government that established it. We the staff contribute money from our meager salary to buy diesel, repair the gen set just to keep the station running.

jerryunit48:
Is this a picture of 2026 ?

NaijaHelper1:
It's beyond embarrassing. And very unfortunate. The thing is people feel that mediocrity and corruption affects the simple masses on the streets, but the thing is that mediocrity seeps into everything we do. As it is, Nigeria has no defense systems and nothing to show for it's oil wealth. If you trace the reasons why, mediocrity and corruption is at the foundation of that. We have nothing. We are just sitting ducks for when the west realises they have the power to wipe us all out and take what they need.

Throwback:
While I am surprised that a studio could look like that, then I am no longer surprised when a paltry N137m is for studio equipment for states capital stations in the whole country.

Ask yourself if N137m is enough for even 1 state capital station?

It means every state capital station of NTA must depend on their own share of the N137m to procure or upgrade existing studio. Hence why you have such obvious makeshift studio.

That is nonsense.

Will the government commit more money to such when it is yet to better fund Healthcare and other infrastructural projects? No!

The respective states NTA stations should pursue IGR from its advert slots and programme slots.

Meektunz:
Yes, i snaaped it during this program when i accompanied them.

Kushites:
Most Nigerians have this idea that govt is where the money is at.

They are so wrong. Nigeria's annual budget is $40 billion.

But GDP is $400 billion.

That's the Private Sector.

Oil and gas accounts for less than 15% of GDP.

So those hundreds of billions of dollars is all private sector-generated. So the private sector is WHERE THE MONEY IS AT, if you want to form a CNN-grade network, or anything big, in fact, in Nigeria.

If you can leverage the private sector by forming a consortium with qualified people, and you can make a business case for such a station to big companies, it's BOOM TIME! Big money comes in, and you do it.

Go to America, UK etc. Virtually nothing is run by the govt. It's all private sector, from stadiums to airports to power plants to railways to TV networks.

We call ourselves a capitalist economy, yet we seem to have a communist/socialist outlook in which the FG is expected to provide everything.

Kushites:
What allocation? They get a pittance, and have always gotten a pittance. The govt simply can't afford to spend big money to make NTA what you think it should be.

Go and see how much FOX NEWS has to spend each year, and compare it to your 'NTA allocation'. You'll be embarrassed.

Abeg forget. The govt priorities are roads, schools, hospitals etc, not NTA.

Why is govt even SUPPOSED to have expertise in running a TV station??

It's really not their job.

If you want 'CNN-LEVEL', do what those who started CNN did. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH GOVT.

It's Private Sector.