The League Management
Company on Friday announced on their official website that they have signed
a broadcast partnership with the Nigeria
Television Authority for production of matches of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).
The signing ceremony which took place on Thursday was held at the Conference Hall of NTA in Abuja. The papers were signed by the LMC Chairman Alhaji Shehu Dikko and Mallam Yakubu Ibn Muhammed, the Director General of NTA.
The signing ceremony which took place on Thursday was held at the Conference Hall of NTA in Abuja. The papers were signed by the LMC Chairman Alhaji Shehu Dikko and Mallam Yakubu Ibn Muhammed, the Director General of NTA.
An official statement jointly signed by the heads of the
two organizations indicates that the LMC and NTA will be setting up a private
sector d-riven company to manage the business of the broadcast production.
The statement says “The company
which shall be operated as a private, commercial venture will leverage its
operations on the huge infrastructure, technical and human capacity and
equipment of NTA spread across the country. The equipment includes very high
grade eight Outside Broadcast (OB) Vans specially designed for football and
sports coverage, which had been acquired by the Federal Government at huge
cost. The operation of the company, as envisaged will rely on the services of
international technical partners and domestic expertise to provide the much
needed vehicle for the production of high quality programmes and events for
broadcast in the sports and entertainment industries. This model is in keeping
with proven international best practices in sports content production,
distribution and broadcast.”
Dikko said: “All
over the world, countries develop because they have a standard production
broadcast company with capacity to serve not just the sporting industry but
also the entertainment industry. We are delighted that the Federal Government,
through the Ministry of Information, has backed this project and we look
further to other fantastic partnerships.”
The DG of the NTA Mallam Muhammed said: “For us, this is just another step for NTA to stamp its authority as the
biggest broadcast network in Africa. We have the widest reach and sports,
especially football is a big industry, and we are happy to be in partnership
with the LMC and NFF.”
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