Nation's TV project enlightens Nigeria

ABUJA - Kpaduma, an underdeveloped rural community at the edge of Abuja, Nigeria's capital, came alive on Jan 21 as its people turned out en masse in jubilation to welcome Chinese technicians and their local partners to launch a digital satellite television project.

The rustic community is one of the 1,000 villages carefully selected to benefit from a China-aid program that works on providing 1,000 Nigerian villages with access to digital television. The program was launched on Jan 21 in Abuja.

StarTimes, a Chinese firm which offers direct-to-home or DTH pay TV services, introduced its digital television or DTV service to Kpaduma, to flag off the enormous project across Nigeria.