₦airaland Forum

They should work on the stability of the signal of Nigcomsat please. It's stressing us installers.
Kudos to the FG though

Another rubbish. Tinubu please use our fuel subsidy money to build atleast 2 refineries first.

U people should start something that's sustainable na.
How will u pay d staff? How do u generate money to pay staff?how do u run maintenance?
Hownlongbwill this last? Cam it be competitive with others?

Islie:
https://leadership.ng/federal-govt-to-launch-digital-tv-offers-households-free-access-to-100-channels/

Tinubu version of late Buhari Air Nigeria to cashout before leaving office

SouthSouth1914:
Haha.., how can Nigerians watch these channels? With the sun I suppose? It is obvious this government is clear out of touch with the current state of the nation.

Use this money to buy armed drones and go after bandits and other criminals. Subsidize fuel to bring back our economy.

More than 70% of Nigerians are hungry and angry with this government. Everything they do is to siphon monies through elephant projects! Nonsense

Subsides on fuel would cost at least 23 -30 trillion naira, or about half our budget...to bring fuel down to N200 for one year, should we bring them back.

Also, drones and so forth need far more money

Obidients will still be very sad at the prospect of free digital TV, despite their inability to afford subscription for pay TV

A country with no electricity and high insecurity and yet the top priority for this government is free digital tv?

Who do Naija this kain thing?

AntiChristian:
Hmmmm!

No more DSTV and co!

Can you stop deceiving yourself while your NTA looks life a stone age television channel

This is what DSTV needs. I hope it will work.

That's a nice development, nah to anticipate the so called freeTV and see what it got to offer to Nigerians.

Atleast poor Nigerians at large will not have to add cable subscriptions to their bills every month.

People must work and not sit at home to watch TV.
It's the height of laziness to sit and watch TV all the day.
Create jobs for people to work.100 channels, to do what exactly?
I don't recall the last time l turn on my TV.My cables are even disconnected.

Gboss247:
Can you stop deceiving yourself while your NTA looks life a stone age television channel

Make he happen first!

Lol I have been hearing this things for over 15years.... It's still talks. Nothing to show

What can they offer aside NTA?

givedemwotowoto:
Another avenue to siphon. Government shouldn't own any propaganda TV. There are enough TV stations out there

This default mindset of Nigerians is terrible.

You put them in a position, first thing they think is how to steal.

They see a government initiative, first thing on thier mind is “oh another avenue to steal”.

No initiative, no forward thinking.

Employ them in your business, they are fashioning how to profit and steal from another man’s sweat.

This mindset is terrible and it’s part of the reason we are backward.

This man had promised many things but literally did none.

Nothing free can come from a man that's busy taxing anything and everything.

DSTV go shake small

Tendd:
People must work and not sit at home to watch TV.
It's the height of laziness to sit and watch TV all the day.
Create jobs for people to work.100 channels, to do what exactly?
I don't recall the last time l turn on my TV.My cables are even disconnected.

My tv in Uk has over 30,000 digital channels, I guess the people here are jobless.

AntiChristian:
Make he happen first!

The same government that that is owing 6.6 trillion naira electricity subsidy debt that will now you 100 channels free tv while NTA is still in stone age broadcasting

Tendd:
People must work and not sit at home to watch TV.
It's the height of laziness to sit and watch TV all the day.
Create jobs for people to work.100 channels, to do what exactly?
I don't recall the last time l turn on my TV.My cables are even disconnected.

Now that you work so hard and never watch TV, you've become a billionaire.

This is just like a lion on a book page, if you know you know. And the question is what happened to NITEL? Won't this be another easy money to their bursting bank accounts?

ottersberger:
Television is not our priority at this time. In a country where people cannot walk down the street without looking over their shoulders, assurances that their lives and livelihoods are secure are needed, not free TV.

This is undoubtedly a distraction from the biting hunger, economic collapse and insecurity currently plaguing the country. When will this useless government rescue hundreds of Nigerians in the bushes and forests?.

This TV deceit must be seen for what it is: a deliberate distraction from the real issues ahead of the upcoming election.

Oga, shut your trap! If it was Obi that said he wants to do free TV, you will be telling us all the advantages of this idea! Now your talking rubbish! People like you said it was because Obi donate laptops to schools that was why education improved in Anambra state. We all know the students never saw the laptops not to even touch them but you agree it's a cause and effect thing. Now someone is given us free to air TV ( over 100 stations) ! You're not looking at the multiplier effect like easy assess to broadcasting by entertainers, advertising spread, boast in the entertainment industry etc. Rubbish!

What happened to the Free tv we are currently using at home with #2,500 subscription annually.

The signal strength is VERY POOR, any slight changes in the weather condition always affect the signal. All the CHANNELS are locals with poor quality signals and contents

nairalanda1:
Okay, here is how much NTA gets in a year....it gets its money from the Ministry of Information, whose budget is...1.5 billion for capital, 1.27 billion for overhead...all in naira.

If you want to upgrade to international standards (don't back away now)...let's see how much international standard government stateions around the world get in terms of budget

France : 3.8 billion euros or 6 trillion naira...to all its audiovisual channels..france televisions and the radio service.
The Netherlands: 1.2 billion euros...or 1.8 tillion naira.
Japan : 1.7 trillion naira

AND THE UK...the gold standard...BBC...9.2 trillion naira.

How much is NTA's proposed budget again...ah yes, it is sharing 3 billion naira with FRCN and others.


If I say that Nigerians should pay something like they do in the UK and Japan television licence fees..which account for a significant amount of funding for the BBC and NHK Budget for example, I am sure most of you will call me a tinubu supporter.


Yet, there is no TV station that can reach international standard on just...less than 3 billion naira.

How do private stations like Channels TV and other private tv stations, which provide better quality service, manage to get by? Do they actually receive the level of funding you just described?

nairalanda1:
Subsides on fuel would cost at least 23 -30 trillion naira, or about half our budget...to bring fuel down to N200 for one year, should we bring them back.

Also, drones and so forth need far more money

Listen to yourself! How much has the current government borrowed? Or the monies realized from the removal of subsidies? Electrical tariffs? Gas etc.

This government is just useless!

wellmax:
This default mindset of Nigerians is terrible.

You put them in a position, first thing they think is how to steal.

They see a government initiative, first thing on thier mind is “oh another avenue to steal”.

No initiative, no forward thinking.

Employ them in your business, they are fashioning how to profit and steal from another man’s sweat.

This mindset is terrible and it’s part of the reason we are backward.

The mindset of some hypocrites who call themselves Nigerians is terrible. Very terrible.

Hypocrites pretending that corruption is not endemic in Nigeria, and expecting Nigerians to automatically trust anything without government proving themselves worthy to be trusted.

These people are very terrible. They praised Buhari for 8 years as the best knowing he was doing a bad job, and they’re expecting Nigerians to move on and trust the same government destroying their savings and lives

Failed governments usually have some shame and try to avoid public confrontation. The fact that these hypocrites boldly come out publicly to defend the most corrupt and failed governments should tell you who they really are.

Tueh!

For those who want to know, the Nigeria Digital Switch Over program started some years back, in fact, Nigeria is even lagging behind other African Nations in the programme. Many countries have phased out analogue broadcast. But here, the giant of Africa and the most populous black nation on earth is still rocking analogue TV. Na who dey do us these things?

Big trouble for DSTV, GoTV and Starlink.

If EPL and other world-class football leagues no dey, nothing for am.

wellmax:
This default mindset of Nigerians is terrible.

You put them in a position, first thing they think is how to steal.

They see a government initiative, first thing on thier mind is “oh another avenue to steal”.

No initiative, no forward thinking.

Employ them in your business, they are fashioning how to profit and steal from another man’s sweat.

This mindset is terrible and it’s part of the reason we are backward.

Oga don't mind them. Only someone with a criminal mind will think everyone is a criminal. Instead of trying to key into the advantages of this policy, all he's thinking about is stealing! Next thing he'll say is that Nigerians are hungry! Always looking at the price of rice and beans like a glutton instead of looking for opportunities.

Islie:
https://leadership.ng/federal-govt-to-launch-digital-tv-offers-households-free-access-to-100-channels/

Can anything good come out of this country? I hope we won't wake up one day and they will tell us the satellite is lost like the other one did?
Am asking from experience, o. i know i love this country, but once bitten twice shy