Few days after the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency, LASAA threatened to drag the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria(TAN) to court for allegedly displaying President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign materials on public utility allocated to some companies, the Federal Government has terminated existing approvals for outdoor sites previously given to outdoor practitioners in the State.
It was gathered that the termination order will affect outdoor ad locations on Federal government roads/setbacks.
The decision is contained in a letter written by the Federal Ministry of Works to the President of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria (OAAN).
OAAN, the association representing outdoor agencies in Nigeria has called for an emergency meeting of its executive members on Monday to deliberate on this latest development.
OAAN is expected to discuss amongst other issues the N350 million loss suffered by some of its members as a result of the illegal deployment of PDP adverts on street lamp poles previously paid for by Globacom and Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications company.
