signage Issue 3, Volume 1 | Page 11

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 Facebook, Share on Twitter President Muhammadu Buhari 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, In other News 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