Chief executive officer of Signature Communications Ltd, VinMartin Ilo, has urged the government to play part in supporting the media with funding.
Ilo made this call on Wednesday at TheCable Colloquium.
He said: “To whom much is desired, much is given. I still believe that we have to work with our government or whichever way, because any society without a vibrant, viable media is doomed,”
“Funding is important in the media. The constitution provides for the duties of the media, but nobody cares how the media survives.
“You know you can be governor today, and you won’t like the media, but remember that you’re not going to be governor tomorrow.
“[By then, you’re likely] to be slammed in jail and the people you look to for help are the media.
“So, we need to work out something, even if it’s one percent, either from petroleum or from whatever kind of tax, to support the media.”
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