NBC STOPS BAKARE'S BROADCAST
Monday, January 18, 2010 9:15 AM
This is one reason why the Federal monopoly over the use of the airwaves must be discontinued. Private enterprises must be able to set up their television and radio stations to compete with the NBC. The freedom of speech and of the press in Nigeria will not be fully realized, as long as this monopoly stays in place. Those who are thinking about amending the constitution should take a note of this matter.
Nigerians should also bear in mind that keeping these kinds of anachronistic monopolies alive and kicking, is highly inimical to developing a thriving economy in the digital world. What about China? One might ask. The answer is that China is a special case, which cannot possibly be the standard for Nigeria.
China is showing that a communist state could also have a thriving market, but we have not yet come to the crossroads, when the teeming population of Chinese youth, which is very comfortable with the digital world and the global village, begin to take full charge. One can imagine a popular view in China that Karl Marx and Adam Smith are complementary, in the socio-economic universe, and that individual freedom is indivisible.
Fubara David-West.
Monday, January 18, 2010
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