{"id":19664,"date":"2014-05-20T10:07:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T10:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=19664"},"modified":"2014-05-20T10:07:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T10:07:39","slug":"sports-ministry-drags-telcos-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/sports-ministry-drags-telcos-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports ministry drags telcos to court"},"content":{"rendered":"
Citi Business News<\/b> has gathered the Ministry of Youth and Sports may drag telecom giant MTN and some other telcos to court over current world cup promotions they are running on their networks.<\/p>\n
According to the Ministry of Youth and Sports per an agreement reached between the ministry and the telecom operators they cannot embark on any World Cup promotion on their networks.<\/p>\n
The ministry early this year launched the “text and win” promotion designed to raise funds to sponsor supporters to Brazil to cheer the Black Stars, at the World Cup.<\/p>\n
Proceeds from the promotion are expected to be used to aid football fans to travel to Brazil to support the stars.<\/p>\n
Government has asserted it cannot sponsor football fans to the competition because it is not in a position to do so.<\/p>\n
The ministry says despite receiving some financial support from corporate entities including SIC, GCB, ADB, Zenith Bank and others to sponsor supporters to the event it will need more cash.<\/p>\n
It is in light with this that it initiated the promotion to enable it take more supporters to Brazil to support the Black Stars.<\/p>\n
But the ministry says MTN and some other telecom operators breached the agreement reached between them and are currently running such promotions.<\/p>\n
The ministry is scheduled to meet the regulator of the telecom industry the National Communications Authority (NCA) over the matter this week.<\/p>\n