Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has stated that the federal government would support the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) to obtain superior digitalization to enable it to compete globally.

Idris stated this during his working visit to the headquarters of NTA recently in Abuja and said NTA remained the best station in entertaining and enlightening millions of Nigerians over the years.

According to the Minister, the work put in by NTA to consistently deliver balanced and unbiased news has gone a long way in edifying Nigerians and move the country forward.

He said: “I am pleased with your digital advancement, the quality of studios and the capacity to produce movies. NTA has recorded tremendous process, but the best of NTA is yet to come.

“However, the modernization of the digitalization of NTA has to be improved. I want NTA to become the destination point of other TV stations in the country.

“I want NTA to stand shoulder to shoulder with the best TV stations in the world. I would like to assure you that I will mobilize the resources needed to improve the NTA.”

In his reaction, the Director-General of NTA, Salihu Abdulhamid-Dembos, said the minister’s role was important in disseminating accurate and timely information to the country’s citizens.

He enumerated NTA’s achievements as implementing modern management techniques and technology to improve workflow and enhancement, staff training and development of programmes.

Other achievements were upgrading broadcasting equipment and technology for better signal quality, and a network of reporters and correspondents with the establishment of bureaus in the UK, U.S., Egypt, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa.

The DG also said NTA had leveraged social media and online platforms for real-time dissemination of news.

The NTA boss however revealed that the station encountered challenges like funding constraints, insufficient infrastructure, competition, reduction in advertising revenue and a low level of technological advancements.

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