Lagos Orders Removal of Jonathan’s Campaign posters The Lagos State Government yesterday directed a pro-President Goodluck Jonathan campaign group, Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), to remove the president’s campaign materials from the highways and streets in the state, citing the group’s failure to comply with its regulation on outdoor advertising. The state government said its directive became imperative due to the termination of about N350 million contracts with outdoor agencies duly registered with Lagos Advertising and Signage Agency (LASAA). The agency’s Managing Director, Mr. George Noah, issued the directives at a news conference he addressed in Alausa yesterday, noting that if TAN failed to heed the order, its enforcement team would remove the posters in line with the enabling law setting up the agency. At the conference, Noah said the agency was constrained by recent in the electioneering campaign in Lagos to bring to the fore the impunity and illegality that posed immeasurable and long term damage to those who erect, operate and maintain billboards in the state. Noah said the agency had been informed that in the last 48 hours, two advertisers in the outdoor sector had terminated multi-million naira contracts with outdoor agencies registered by LASAA to operate in the state. He stated that the contracts had been terminated as a result of the parallel and illegal deployment of Jonathan campaign materials on poles paid for by these advertisers. “The two advertisers in question are Chinese Telecoms firm, Huawei and Glo Nigeria and the outdoor agencies affected are Touch Point Limited and Clearedge Limited. Both agencies have lost a whooping N350 million. “The illegal and brazen act by agents of the Peopled Democratic Party (PDP), is unjust, inconsiderate and therefore unacceptable at a time outdoor advertising is facing stiff competition from television, radio and social media “The illegal act by the agents of the PDP is capable of destroying outdoor agencies in our state. It will almost certainly leads to lay-off of workers and loss of revenue for our stakeholders,” he stated.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:26:36 +0000
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