Tag: DSO
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What does The Big Picture mean to DSO? – By Okoh Aihe
The news last week that the Federal Government is seemingly finalising plans to put the Digital Switchover (DSO) on an accelerator that can immediately take it to about 10 million people, was very elevating and, for me, it marks a good turn for the Tinubu administration.
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A DSO fight most unnecessary – By Okoh Aihe
Writing on the new Government’s initiative on the Digital Switchover (DSO) on August 28, 2024, we made the following observations on this column: “This has not said much about the place of the signal distributors and Set Top Box manufacturers who were encouraged to invest heavily in the DSO process and have hardly recouped some…
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A DSO call that may change the broadcast terrain – By Okoh Aihe
Our propensity to build mountains out of very small problems has not allowed us to achieve our aspirational height. Every little problem with a simple answer is complicated, like rocket science or achieving the feat of sending somebody to the moon or the international space station where some other humans – astronauts and cosmonauts -…
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Tinubu approves N10bn grant for DSO
President Bola Tinubu has approved a grant N10 billion for the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to embark on a transformative journey to achieve the Digital Switch-Over (DSO) dividends for Nigeria.
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Making the DSO work in Nigeria – By Okoh Aihe
The story of the nation’s implementation of the digital switchover (DSO) process appears convoluted and headed towards an uncomplimentary denouement except urgent steps are taken to refocus the exercise.
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So, what happens to regulation now? – By Okoh Aihe
For the first time since I started writing my column, Simply Tech, in 2020, my pen failed me. My fingers were too numb to command the computer keys and the brain simply just refused to function coherently, having been so shocked out of rhythm by the apotheosis of one of the greatest souls that ever…
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Even with technology, time outsmarts the politician – By Okoh Aihe
The ephemerality of time is one thing that gnaws the innards of the politician. If a wish list was possible in the New Year, he would ask God for time to stay still, you know, like Joshua making that great declaration for the sun to remain still right in the middle of the sky, over…
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A government and a regulator in difficult placement – By Okoh Aihe
A government should be concerned about demonstrable proof of performance, what the political savvy would call the dividends of democracy, for it to earn sustainability into the future. But where there are evidential reasons making performance impossible, the government should, at least, maintain structures inherited.
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NIN/SIM registration and DSO: Two significant projects on a cliff – By Okoh Aihe
Two significant projects of the Nigerian government hang on a cliff at the moment. The NIN/SIM registration which was supposed to be a 15-day quick walk in December 2020 has spiralled into the second year and current measures being taken to bring the process to conclusion are only indicative of desperation on the part of…
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DSO: Nigeria goes to Egypt for help – By Okoh Aihe
As I read the story of the a Nigerian team going down to Egypt to seek help for the implementation of the Digital Switchover (DSO) programme, never mind what the scriptures say about those who go down to Egypt for help in Isaiah 31:1 (Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help), my…