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January 10, 2020
The Federal Government has banned exclusivity rights inbroadcasting sporting events in the country.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed whomade this known in a statement in Abuja directed the National BroadcastingCommission, NBC to implement a new regulation mandating broadcasters andexclusive licensees to share such rights with other broadcasters.
It also directed the Commission to immediately implementmeasures aimed at sanitising and re-positioning the broadcast industry.
The Minster said the new regulation is contained in thereport of the committee which he set up to work out the modalities forimplementing the recommendations approved by President Muhammadu Buhari tore-position the broadcast industry.
He also stressed that the break in monopoly would boostreach and also maximise utilisation by all broadcasters of premium content, inorder to grow their platforms and investment in other content.