For over ten years, Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire has aired on major network stations across the nation and it has
become a family game show. It came as a rude
shock when news went round that
its major sponsor, telecoms giant, MTN, pulled out of the show. Due to this
development, the organisers of WWTBAM had no choice but to rest the show
temporarily.
While several rumours have surfaced especially
on the internet stating reasons why the telecoms operator backed out, Saturday
Beats learnt from a reliable source why the show has been rested temporarily.
The source also hinted that the show would
definitely be back on air for its tenth-anniversary celebration.
The source revealed that the main reason MTN
backed out was because of the N330bn fine by the Nigerian Communications
Commission. The source further said that the show would be back on
The source further said that the show would be
back on air in no time.
“It is the fine that was imposed by NCC that
made them pull out of Who Wants To be A Millionaire. The company loved the
programme and wanted it to air but that fine was too much for it. It was not
WWTBAM alone that it dropped, so many agencies working with the company were
also affected including its permanent staff; so it is not about the programme
alone.
“Apart from that, its South African arm also
has some little problem that it is facing. That is the reason. However, it is
just a temporary thing, once it has settled, the programme would be picked
again. It is coming back but for now, it is temporarily resting. In fact, it
would air for its tenth year anniversary,” the source said.
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