GoTV General Manager, Salesand Distribution, Akinolu Salu has debunked the notion that GoTV was developed and designed to edge Startimes out of the market, saying theiraim all along is to bring digital TV to the common man on the street.“Competition is a very good thing but we didn’t move in that mood. The essence of GoTv is to ensure that the lastman standing in Nigeria can be able to afford digital television. So, it is not just about competition but more about our people. We want to keep our people educated, informed and entertained. It’s not fair taking away entertainment from the man on the street,” he explained.Daddy Showkey, mr Ibu, Aki and Pawpaw and Gotv officialsSpeaking on the fifth anniversary celebration, Mr Salu said there are many reasons for them to roll out drums to celebrate, going by the success they have achieved over the last five years.“Despite the fact that the country is going through a very challenging time, we have kept our prices. We havefurther gone ahead to ensure that everybody within different strata of the economy can afford GoTv. We launched our existence with a banquet that N1800 but we further skipped down to a package that cost N1200. Now, we have what we call GoTv light . This is a proper selection of twenty channels and these channels are for every member of the family just for #400monthly. If you decide to subscribe in bulk, you can do a quarterly subscription for #1050 and for a year, you pay #3000. You can’t get anything better that this any where.”Explaining why only five cities, Portharcourt, Enugu, Abuja, Ibadan and Lagos will witness the celebration, he said, “We chose these cities because these are the cities where we have most of our subscribers. Also, we launched GoTv first in these cities. So, it just made sense to go to them first to say a big thank you to them and those that will be joining them too.
Ibadan— TWELVE persons, including a mother and her twin children, were feared killed in an accident that occurred, yesterday, at Oja-Oba Market area of the Ibadan South East Local Government Area of Oyo State. Some of the vehicles and tricycles crushed by the truck (inset) in Ibadan, yesterday. PHOTOS: Dare Fasube. Police put the casualty figure at four, but some eyewitnesses claimed the number of lives lost could not be less than 12. While the accident left several people injured, several commercial cars and property were crushed by an articulated vehicle. According to a source, the driver of the truck, which had just off loaded cement, lost control of his vehicle and crushed about 12 persons on the spot. While the remains of those killed were taken to the morgue at Adeoyo State Hospital, the injured were rushed to the University College Hospital, Ibadan. It was gathered that the truck, with number plates AGL883XQ, skidded off its lane to the other side of the road, crushed man...
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