'CONFERENCE HALL'- SENATORS COMPLAIN OVER POOR QUALITY OF RECONSTRUCTED SENATE CHAMBER. (PHOTO).

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 ‘Conference Hall’ – Senators complain over poor quality of reconstructed Senate Chamber Senators on Tuesday expressed anger over the condition of the reconstructed Chamber, which they described as a ‘mere conference room’. Controversy has trailed the refurbished Senate Chambers since plenary resumed in the facility last week. Last Tuesday’s plenary was trailed by confusion as some Senators quarreled over sitting arrangements in the renovated chamber. During plenary on Tuesday, complaints over the standard of the Chambers led to a rowdy session which lasted for about 15 minutes and eventually forced the Senate into executive session. The Chief Whip of the Senate and lawmaker representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, who raised the issues through Order 42 of the Senate Standing Rules, said, “What is supposed to be a Chamber, has been turned into a Conference Hall”, a development which he said is not acceptable. “Mr President, I rise to make disturbing observations on this supposedly renovate

LAI MOHAMMED HAILS NIGERIAN TV,FILM CONTENT PRODUCERS.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: 5 people, people standing                     The Minister of Information and Culture,Alhaji Lai Mohammed,yesterday wednesday hailed Nigerian TV and film content producers for their impressive work in deepening the industry,but challenged them to do more to tell the Nigerian story and do more of co-production to enrich their content.The Minister made the commendation in Cannes,France,where he is at the head of the Nigerian delegation to the ongoing 2017 MIPTV,the biggest forum for TV and online content producers in the world.He said he was quite impressed with the presence of such Nigerian content producers as Iroko,Aforevo and Consolidated Media Associates Ltd,owners of Souundcity and Ontv,Spice TV,Access24 and OnMax,at the global forum,hence his decision to personal visit their stands to encourage and support them.On the importance of the forum,Alhaji Mohammed described MIPTV as ''a shopping mall for content and formats for chamnnels,'' ading: ''The idea of this MIPTV is to create a forum for the media and the entertainment world,especially the television and films,to meet other stakeholders including content producers and channel owners in an attempt to further deepen the industry''.The Minister said hid delegation,which includes the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information,Senator Sulaiman Adokwe,and the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission {NBC},Mr Is'haq Modibbo Kawu,will leverage on their attendance of the forum to enrich the digitization of television broadcasting in Nigeria.''We must see how we can build contacts and relationship that will enrich content production when we go fully digital,'' he said,disclosing his plan to visit other African countries to exchange ideas on digitization.As part of his activities at the forum yesterday wednesday,the Minister was taken on a guided tour of the sprawling venue of the MIPTV,during which he visited the stands of notable Nigerian content producers like Iroko and Aforevo,as well as those of Bollywood and Zee World.More photos below.
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