Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- The Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Yakubu Mohammed, on Tuesday, decried the condition of the state-owned television station.

Mr Mohammed blamed the federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) for the state of NTA by requesting free services thereby putting the station in a delicate financial position.

He spoke during the 2022 budget defence session organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, in Abuja.

According to Mr Mohammed, MDAs use the name of the Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to secure free media coverage from NTA, while also lamenting poor funding of the organisation.

He noted that NTA c...