{"id":3201,"date":"2021-03-07T17:19:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T16:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=3201"},"modified":"2021-03-07T17:19:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T16:19:53","slug":"nbc-reveals-when-digital-switchover-project-will-be-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/07\/nbc-reveals-when-digital-switchover-project-will-be-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC reveals when digital switchover project will be completed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says the Digital Switch Over (DSO) project will be completed by the middle of 2022 when the country will fully transit from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p>The Acting Director-General of the Commission, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, gave the assurance during an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the commitment of N9.4 billion by the Federal Government and the setting up of the Ministerial Task Force by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, there will be accelerated activities toward the delivery of the project,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the minister on February 23 announced the approval of the fund at the inauguration of the 14-member Ministerial Task Force to drive the DSO rollout in the remaining 31 states.<\/p>\n<p>Idachaba said that with the launch of the pilot programme in Jos, Plateau in 2016, followed by Abuja and subsequently Kwara, Kaduna, Enugu and lastly Osogbo, in February 2018, the launch had now resumed in big cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/06\/lagos-govt-shuts-down-marine-bridge-for-three-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lagos<\/a> very soon and before the third quarter of this year, we would have covered, at least, five more states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe signal distributors are 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language well, I think there are obvious signs that money will be released on time and the usual bottlenecks will not happen this time,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC boss said they had done a retrospective analysis of what had been done over time and identified the gaps.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed the confidence that they would have a faster and seamless roll out across states, having resolved all disputes that could lead to legal cog.<\/p>\n<p>Idachaba faulted the belief in certain quarters that the country missed two deadlines \u2013 June 2015 and July 2020 \u2013 owing to poor conception, mismanagement, corruption and bad leadership.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that transiting from analogue to digital broadcasting all over the world is not a tea party because it is a highly demanding, tasking endeavour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo country has set a date and actualised it on the first set date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the UK, they had to revise their entire transition strategy after they had pumped in millions of Pound Sterling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, in the USA, they had to reset the date over and over before they eventually transited,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that there were social implications for transition including affordability and accessibility as well as political, cultural considerations and financial constraints.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, he said the challenges in Nigeria had been lack of political will and financial constraints.<\/p>\n<p>Idachaba said that since Mohammed came on board as a minister in 2015, he mustered the political will and got the pilot scheme running in Jos followed by other states.<\/p>\n<p>In addressing the challenge of limited resources, he said that with the approval of the N9.4 billion, by the government, it has been resolved that the project would be self-sustaining.<\/p>\n<p>Comparatively in Africa, Idachaba said that Nigeria was miles ahead of many countries in the continent in the DSO process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly a few counries have 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