Over seventy percent of Nigerians will not be able to pay for digital broadcasts in the country from 2015 when migration fromanalogue is completed, a lawyer and IT activist, Chukwuemeka Okereafor, has said. Speaking at a workshop on digital broadcast migration in Nigeria yesterday in Abuja, Mr Okereafor said that because at least 50 dollars was required to be paid by each Nigerian to be able to enjoy digital broadcasts, most Nigerians who live below one dollar per day would be cut off from the new technology.
According to him, digital broadcasts may also run into hitches in the country as TV stations lack local content that can make people locals and foreigners patronize them. He said the government seemed not prepared for the digital broadcasts as little or nothing was being done by its agency responsible for the new technology.
Also speaking at the event, editor of IT Edge News, Mr Segun Oruame, said the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) was not carrying Nigerians along on what they should know about digital broadcasts. He called on NBC to embark on public enlightenment on the new technology if the country is to meet the 2015 target.
(Source: Daily Trust via Media Network Weblog)
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