2015 polls: APC yet to pay for campaign billboards
I
ndications have emerged that the All Progressives Congress
(APC) has not paid some of its outstanding campaign
expenses – More than 70 outdoor advertising companies
contracted to handle the Ambode/Buhari campaign billboards in
Lagos are still waiting to get paid – Advertising practitioners
reveal that they are enduring a choking debt burden
It was gathered that the companies that ensured that President
Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
billboards took over 95% of the available billboards in Lagos have
not been paid up to 5% of their payments for the job. Share on
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billboard during the electioneering period
The outdoor advertisers lamented that they were invited by the
former Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA)
managing director, George Noah during the election campaigns
to do the jobs but only one or two who insisted on being paid
were paid partially, with more than 70 companies remaining in
limbo.
The new MD, Mr. Mobolaji Sanusi has refused to honour the
agreement between us and his predecessor, yet his men have
started clamping down on our members since around October
last year, shutting down our billboards for non-payment of their
own dues.
He has also sent new bills for the year while the billboards are not
working since he shut them down but we have explained that the
APC billboard monies have not been paid to us by the former MD,
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George Noah who he claimed has been paid by the All
Progressives Congress, Lagos,
When pressed on why they have not met with Noah over the
matter, a member of tone of the companies said: “Our
association has met with him but he is insisting that the APC is yet
to pay him, all he keeps saying is that he is still talking to his
principal but all we are asking for is payment for jobs we did.” On
why they have kept quiet about it till now, another interviewed
member representing one of the affected companies said: “We
hesitated from coming out till now because we don't want to
embarrass
t
h
e
government
or the APC
but we were
advised by
the current
LASAA MD, to
go after
George Noah
a n d t h e
company he
used to issue
the media
order, 'Media
Worth'.
Babs Fagade leaves OYSAA
U
nconfirmed news, reports that Mr. Babajide Fagade
had been asked by the Governor of OYO STATE, Gov.
Abiola Ajimobi since march 2016,
According to unconfirmed source(s), He was asked to quietly
proceed on a terminal leave.
Referencing his Linkedin page, he served the agency for a
period of 6month between October 2015 to March 2016.
We wish him well in his future endeavors.
Lanre Lawal is the winner of British Council's
Your Ad Here competition 2016
B
ritish Council Nigeria is delighted to announce artist,
Lanre Lawal as winner of Your Ad Here competition.
Your Ad Here is a project exploring the relationship between
advertising and daily life in the city of Lagos.
In addition to his winning entry going live on 2 May, 2016 on a
billboard at the Third Mainland Bridge Ring Road in Lagos, Lawal
will receive a cash prize to support his art practice.
Lawal's 'Generatorpolis', three commissioned pieces, and entries
from the runners-up will be exhibited at A Whitespace Lagos
from 13 May to 20 May, 2016.
The runners-up in the competition include Adeola Olagunju,
Chris Iduma, Falodun Oluwafemi, Femi Morakinyo, Joseph Audu,
Logo Oluwamuyiwa, Michael Adediji, Oladoyin Akinwunmiju,
and Solomon Eko.
in Nigeria and the UK. Together, British and Nigerian practitioners
have been able to explore questions about the place for art in
cities, and in particular, the role of the public sphere in bringing
art to new audiences in Nigeria. It follows Create's inaugural Your
Ad Here commissioned in London's Olympic Park in 2014.”
Malaika Toyo, Head of Strateg