Moles allegedly planted by the former Director General of the National
\nBroadcasting Commission (NBC), Emeka Mba are leaving no stone
\nunturned to rubbish the rising profile of the current DG, Ishaq Modibbo
\nKawu.<\/p>\n
Reliable sources at NBC squealed that Kawu who has been in the fore
\nfront of ensuring a smooth transition from analogue to digital broadcast
\nin the country had to contend with forces within the agency to achieve his
\ndreams<\/p>\n
For instance, the moles said to have been beclouded by ethnic sentiments
\nhad worked against all laudable plans conceived within the agency to
\nensure a smooth Digital Switch Over (DSO).<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019 Yes I can tell you that Modibbo is not given to ethnic jingoism and
\nthat is why he\u2019s been able to work with different people irrespective of
\ntribe and background but some of these people are taking this for granted,
\nwhat they do is to work against the interest of the country, we all know
\nthat Modibbo is a man of integrity who does not compromise standard but
\nthese moles have continuously frustrated his efforts. I think the right
\nthing to do is for him to flush out these moles and this requires the
\nsupport of the federal government\u201d An insider who craved for anonymity
\ninformed this medium.<\/p>\n
Those in the know have commended the new DG for working with the
\npeople Mba left behind although it is clear that he is doing this against
\ngood advise from well meaning Nigerians that he should change most of
\nthem.<\/p>\n
\u201cMallam Kawu is a gentleman. He thought he could work with the team he
\nmet on ground. But now, they have shown to be vigorously working against
\nthe interest of the country. I hope the wool over his eyes have been
\nremoved and he will now make some changes to the Mba team that
\ncontinues daily to work at cross purposes with him\u201d<\/p>\n
“the former DG jettisoned the clear and unambiguous policy of the Federal
\nGovernment contained in the White Paper for the digital transition,
\nintroduced alien licenses and entities into the DSO chain with a view to
\ncreaming revenue into private pockets and deny the logical and legal
\nlicensees of rights and benefits all in an effort to scuttle the entire
\nprocess and give advantage to illegal entities and one or two set top box
\nmanufacturers who continue to ferry the boxes without any form of
\naccountability despite collecting amounts in excess of N13Billion from
\nNBC.”<\/p>\n
Mba is reputed to have backdated the license issued to GoTV for
\npersonal pecuniary gain after collecting N2Billion for a license worth
\nN10Billion.<\/p>\n
Allegations are also rife that ITS may be converting digital exciters from
\nold and obsolete equipment for use in the signal carriage process, a
\nsituation that may shortchange unsuspecting Nigerians and which the NBC
\nmust checkmate, if found to be true. Durability and reliability of
\nequipment deployed remains critical to consumer confidence.<\/p>\n
Our source congratulated the House of Representatives and its sub-
\ncommittee on the DSO for the very revealing public hearing. Our source
\nstates “the public hearing by the sub-committee in house of reps showed
\nthat the switch over will continue to be a mirage unless and until things
\nare righted and certain stakeholders kicked out of the DSO process.”<\/p>\n
However a quick conclusion and submission of the sub committee’s report
\nwill help sanitize the DSO process.<\/p>\n
The source said that “any plan to remove the illegal entities created by
\nEmeka will be seriously resisted as Emeka, his business partners and
\nselected staff in NBC continue to rake in millions on a daily basis from
\nthe anomaly at the expense of the critical investors in the DSO.”
\nMalam Kawu has been very circumspect in his decision making but also
\nappears to be too slow, given that he has already been in the office for a
\nperiod of over one year with very little progress in turning things around
\nfor the DSO and the good of teeming Nigerians.<\/p>\n
He needs to now take the bull by the horns as time is not on his side.
\nThis is the only way that the DSO process can be achieved in the shortest
\npossible timeline<\/p>\n
Those close to Kawu are perturbed that the reputation he built in the
\nmedia industry may be tainted by these moles if necessary action is not
\ntaken.<\/p>\n
He holds a Bachelors degree in Mass Communication and Masters degree
\nin Political Science has deep and varied experience, having reported for
\nRadio Nigeria, Radio France International, Radio Netherlands and BBC
\nWorld Service.<\/p>\n
He was one of the pioneer staff of Radio Kwara, pioneer general manager
\nof Kwara State Television Authority and editor of Daily Trust Newspaper.<\/p>\n
He was later appointed chairman of the Daily Trust Editorial Board.
\nBefore he was appointed DG NBC he was the Chairman\/Chief Executive
\nOfficer of Abuja-based Word, Sound and Vision (WSV) Multimedia Limited,
\na media outfit that cuts across print, radio and television<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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