A two-month licence fee waiver has been granted to terrestrial Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the A request for the distribution of protective equipment to some Lai Mohammed said;
“Let me stress here that the Creative Industry is a very critical “It creates the highest number of jobs after Agriculture, especially for the youth. “Therefore, there is no doubt that we need a collective and BON’s chairman, Sa’a Ibrahim on his own part appealed to state The federal government was also urged to grant one-year moratorium in
broadcast stations in Nigeria to cushion the effects of the Coronavirus
pandemic in the industry.
announcement on Wedneday May 6, during a meeting with the Broadcasting
Organisations of Nigeria (BON) in Abuja.
community broadcast stations across the country by the NBC, was also
approved by the Minister who stated that the federal government has
been taking a holistic approach to address the damage inflicted by
COVID-19 on the creative industry.
sector of the nation’s economy and a major plank of the economic
diversification policy of this administration.
government-supported approach in dealing with the immediate, short and
long term palliatives and initiatives for the industry, in order to
mitigate the effect of the pandemic on the sector.”
governments to provide adequate funding for the running of the
state-owned media houses at this time, to save the sector from imminent
collapse arising from declining revenue.
the payment of Annual Operating License fee payable to the NBC, approve
tax rebates for the broadcast stations and provide guarantees or
comforts to de-risk the loans the Broadcast Industry requires to enable
Independent Private Broadcasters to access credit facilities.
FG grants 2-month licence fee waiver to broadcast stations to cushion effect of the Coronavirus pandemic
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