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Kano receives 500,000 decoders for TV digital switchover

The Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed has announced that 500,000  units of decoders have been taken to Kano State for the commencement of the switchover from analogue to digital TV in the state.

He said in Kano on Tuesday, “I am reliably informed that the NBC has also conducted awareness training of the DSOs for Information Officers in the NOA (Nigerian Orientation Agency), and about 500,000 decoders have been deployed to Kano by the setup of manufacturers.”

 

The minister added, “The decision to move from analogue to digital television followed a treaty that was signed at the Regional Radio Communication Conference (RRC-06) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16, 2016 to usher in ‘all-digital’ terrestrial broadcast services for sound and television.

 

This is aimed at creating a more equitable, just and peoplecentred Information Society, which would connect underserved populations and remote communities, thereby bridging the digital divide.”

 

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said the state government will purchase and distribute 100,000 units of the decoders, of which 10,000 will be shared to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), as well as Primary Healthcare Centres and councils.

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