The success recorded at the launch of Nigeria\u2019s digital switch
\nover in Jos and Abuja seems to be on the decline as subscribers
\nhave continued to register their displeasure over the procurement
\nof substandard equipment.<\/p>\n
Sources from Ilorin the capital city of Kwara State squealed that
\nobsolete equipment may have been used for the on-going
\ninstallations in Kwara and Osun States.<\/p>\n
This to a large extent has affected the much publicized multi
\nchannel free television which was hitherto bandied as one of the
\ndividend of democracy of the current administration.<\/p>\n
For instance, subscribers in Jos complained of the epileptic digital
\nswitch on which initially delivered 15 channels but were later
\nreduced to nine. They added that a year after the Jos digital was
\nlaunched; the remaining parts of Plateau remained unattended to.<\/p>\n
Although subscribers in the federal capital city are enjoying 30
\nfree television channels, experts argued that the black spots must
\nbe attended to so as to sustain the tempo.<\/p>\n
Stakeholders in the industry are taken aback with the snail speed
\nat which the analogue to digital in the FCT and Jos is being
\nhandled and have continued to wonder when the National
\nBroadcasting Commission (NBC) will fully switch off analogue in
\nJos and the FCT.<\/p>\n
An expert who does not want his name mentioned stated that to
\nthink that Plateau State and the FCT are just but microcosms of
\nNigeria brings out the thought of what will happen to the rest of
\nNigeria.<\/p>\n
NBC is by law empowered to regulate the industry and
\nensure that Nigerians are not shortchanged in the process.<\/p>\n
He added that the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
\nNBC and DigiTeam must wake up to their responsibility of
\nensuring that the equipment installed by the signal distributors is
\nstandard and comply with the engineering specifications set by
\nthe DSO.<\/p>\n
He stressed that all the equipment installed for which
\nNigerians are expected to invest in STBs must be durable and
\nquality equipment.<\/p>\n
He implored NBC, the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and
\nStandard Organization of Nigeria (SON) to ensure that whatever
\nequipment is imported, installed and deployed in the process are
\nnot to pull the wool over the eyes of the teeming viewing public.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigerians deserve to watch uninterrupted free TV once they
\nacquire the STB, All installation sites must be painstakingly
\nsupervised so that equipment that are obsolete are not smuggled
\ninto the country for this process\u201d He sounded with a note of
\nfinality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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