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At the height of allegation of a media blackout in the country, the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has been accused of refusing to broadcast Atiku’s AUN Founder’s day despite receiving millions of naira for the event.

NTA Executive Director of News, Mr. Muhammad Labbo who denied political sabotage in broadcasting the 13th anniversary of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, however added that the NTA could not broadcast the programme live due to what he ascribed to technical hitches.

This Day however gathered that the NTA was duly paid, and the payment was acknowledged and confirmed for the live broadcast of the programme between 4pm to 6pm on Saturday. A source however revealed that the NTA sent its Outside Broadcast (OB) deployed from Jos and they were on ground before the programme started, thinking they were about to go live.

He said, “When I entered into the hall, about half way or thereabout, we started receiving calls from all over the country, people who knew that we normally run live coverage of it said they could not watch it. They did not start the live coverage at all.”

He said he tried “to contact NTA headquarters in Abuja, but its management cannot give any tangible reason for not broadcasting the programme live. I contacted their people on ground, the production people at their OB van and they look sorrowful.

“It was clear that there are some conspiracy at work from NTA headquarters in Abuja, working the script of the federal government and a president Muhammadu Buhari
“If not for the last minute decision to accommodate Sliverbird Television as the second network for live coverage, the 13 edition of the programme would have been like lighting a candle and covering it, nobody would have known about it.”

When contacted, Atiku’s media adviser, Mr. Paul Ibe confirmed that indeed there was a contract between NTA and Atiku media office.

“We have received a call from across the country and even outside the country from concerned people who were expecting to be availed the opportunity to follow the proceedings of the programme on NTA. We are accessing the situation to determine the next line of action.”
However Labbo explained the technical problem that prevented NTA from broadcasting the programme live, which according to him, had to do with the international satellite transmission.

He said, “When they called me and drew my attention to it, I made contact with the operational head, he told me that they were having serious technical challenge in Yola. They gave me the technical explanation, it has to do with our international satellite transmission.
“When I got the information, I called Paul Ibe back because he was the one that called me and made that complaint. I explained to him that they were recording it. Then they will be able to make it after they finish recording or at any time when they resolve the technical issue.
“The programme was transmitted, although not live. But it was transmitted in full when our technical people resolved the matter. I want to make an appeal. NTA is a public broadcaster. NTA is for everybody. NTA should not be dragged into politics.”

Read more:

https://zenithnaija.com/nta-refuses-to-broadcast-atikus-aun-founders-day-even-after-receiving-payment/

Order from above

It's quite unfortunate & its time to change the change!

Lemme nor talk

Issokay Now...

I did not read the post,I just rushed to post this new meme.

We don't want to watch sef

We all know the people behind this

All our public institutes are no longer functional as they are mostly used as a weapon against the opposition since 2015

Only one thing I want to say, Whoever vote for BuBu will no peace until share part of Buhari stupidity until when bubu die...

Politics is a game!

when the man ruling is from APC

I blame the dullard for this. It shall never be well with him and his useless family

I smell a lawsuit against the NTA for this breach. I have not seen a more partisan station than they. Hopefully, NTA may be one of the ineffective govt properties to be sold off when H. E. atiku takes over next Failbuhari, 2019.

Jubril u see ur life

Pigs and idiots can go and die like jack

If you talk anyhow you will swim anyhow

After surviving this government, nothing will ever scare nor defeat us. Fellow Nigerians do give up. We will definitely prevail

Sick head BMC should tell us how possible this happened if not that their bubu hands in it

ONE THING ABOUT DIE HARD ISLAMIC JIHADISTS IS THAT THEY HATE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. PROPHET BULLHARY HAPPENS TO BELONG TO THAT CATEGORY

1zynnvn:
I did not read the post,I just rushed to post this new meme.

oga Dino serving us quality memes steadily!

We are in a democracy. This should be unheard of.

I watched it on NTA international.

Buhari! Buhari!! Buhari !!


How many times did i call you?
Why are afraid of your own shadow?

If you worked for the people in the last 3years, will you find it difficult to be re-elected?

So many questions but he will not answer any.

wiseGD:
We are in a democracy. This should be unheard of.

Wrong! If we're truely in democracy why is the Nigerian media covering up the atrocities of the current worthless and heartless regime and other unfortunate events happening in this regime?

We will truely enjoy the dividends of democracy from next year when we ATIKULATE!

Atiku should not waste money on analogue NTA abeg....which sane upwardly-mobile Nigerian watches that station especially in this atrocious APC abusive administration??..except perhaps APC stooges, and minions.

Too bad