Paul Ibe, the Special Adviser on Media to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has publicly challenged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to disclose the full value and funding sources behind his recurring dwell tv media chats.
The demand adopted Wike’s newest broadcast on Tuesday, which was transmitted dwell throughout a number of nationwide tv and radio networks.
In an announcement posted on his official X deal with, Ibe questioned the transparency of the broadcast financing, urging the minister to publish full accounting particulars, together with channel invoices, funding sources, and particular funds line objects used to finance the airtime.
According to Ibe, not less than eight main broadcast stations carried Tuesday’s two-hour session dwell, together with Channels Television, Arise News, TVC, News Central, AIT, JDK, Aso TV and Radio, and ADBN.
Based on business estimates of prime-time industrial broadcast charges, Ibe calculated that airtime prices vary between N10 million and N20 million per station per hour. A single two-hour session throughout eight stations, he famous, might value between N160 million and N320 million, doubtlessly mounting to N1.92 billion to N3.84 billion yearly if held on a month-to-month foundation.
“FCT residents deserve to know how much is being spent on these broadcasts and how much airtime is devoted to FCT development, rather than Wike’s political disagreements,” Ibe said.
Wike’s aide fires again
The spokesperson for the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, has challenged media adviser to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, to clarify whether or not FCT residents had complained concerning the minister’s frequent media chats.
“Did the people of FCT complain to him? Did they tell him their money is missing?”
Olayinka argued that Ibe ought to first deal with questions raised by Wike about funds allegedly collected from the sale of Rivers State’s gasoline turbine and the reported fee for a hospital undertaking within the Caribbean.
“The minister asked questions where is the $308 million collected from the sale of Rivers State’s gas turbine? Where is the Caribbean White Hospital that he said they paid $39 million dollars?” Olayinka stated.
He additionally questioned the reported fee of $10m for communication relating to Rivers State, insisting that Ibe ought to urge his principals to reply to the problems raised by Wike.
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