131 private media organs to benefit from gov’t Media Aid

At its 14th session held on December 22, 2015, the National Review Board and allocation of public aid to private communication have worked on 215 requests for help files.

Written press organs, commercial and community radio stations, TV channels, producers and printers and professional organizations. Ultimately, 131 private organizations were elected to the benefit of public support.

In 2014, 209 cases had been filed with the Technical Secretariat of the Review Board requesting for the benefit of public aid to private communication, against 203 in 2013.

But the envelope has not grown. It is stationary at FCFA 250 million. Since his arrival as the head of the Department of Communication (Mincom), Issa Bakary Tchiroma has been working to convince Parliament to enhance the thickness of public communication aid to private media.

In Gabon, the aid is FCFA 1.5 billion, Ivory Coast had a little more and in Morocco, it is FCFA 4 billion. At the December session, proposals were made for the aid granted. Publishers and Editors were warned not to use the help to solve personal problems, although ' they have signed a letter of commitment to use these funds for business purposes.