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A former Minister of information, Dora Akunyili,
on Tuesday blasted officials of the Broadcasting Organisation of
Nigeria saying they were to blame for Nigerians not being able to view
live matches of the African Cup of Nations, AFCON 2013.
Speaking in Abeokuta, the Ogun
State Capital, the former minister said that the Broadcasting
Organisation of Nigeria, BON, was to blame for not doing its job well.
“My heart bleeds when I realise
that many Nigerians couldn’t watch a match we took part in. Yes, a few
people watched it through DSTV, but how many people have it.
“Most Nigerians do not have DSTV, so we are cheated out of our own match,” she said.
She said that BON should have begun negotiations earlier and not weeks to the tournament.
“I found it very painful and I
believe somehow BON did not do their job,” she said. “The negotiation
should have started months before, not just before the match.”
“We are in a free market system
internationally. The world cannot be waiting for us. But you know the
Nigerian thing; people will wait until the last minute and look at what
has happened to us.
“I pray that this does not happen again in our lifetime,” Mrs. Akunyili added.
SOURCE: NAN/PREMIUM TIMES
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