THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL “VERY SOON’ RESUME THE ROLL OUT OF DIGITAL SWITCH OVER (DSO) – A TRANSITION FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL TELEVISION BROADCASTING – ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, LAI MOHAMMED, STATED THIS ON TUESDAY IN LAGOS AT A CEREMONY TO UNVEIL THE NEW AMENDMENT TO THE 6TH EDITION OF THE BROADCASTING CODE.
FIELDING QUESTIONS FROM STAKEHOLDERS AT THE CEREMONY, THE MINISTER SAID THE DSO SUFFERED SOME SET BACK WHICH LED TO A HOLD AFTER IT WAS LAUNCHED IN SIX STATES. HE REITERATED THE COMMITMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT TO SPREAD THE MASSIVE BENEFITS OF DIGITAL TELEVISION TO THE PEOPLE, STRESSING THAT IT WAS THE FASTEST WAY TO CREATE JOBS
