Nigerians were disappointed at the coverage of the Super Eagles African Cup of Nations qualifiers match against the Squirrels of Benin which was played on Wednesday evening, November 13th. .
To express their displeasure, they launched the Twitter hashtag #ShameonNTA to blast the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) for the ‘poor live coverage’ of the match played at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Akwa Ibom.
The hashtag went viral Wednesday night on Twitter and kept trending till Thursday morning.
NTA was saddled with the responsibility of broadcasting the AFCON qualifying match yesterday, after SuperSports announced it would no longer continue broadcasting any Confederation of African Football content after the sudden cancellation of the deal between the continent’s football governing body and French company, Lagadere Sports.
One of the videos which captured the NTA’s disappointing outing showed the moment the commentator said the game ended “Super Eagles 2, Nigeria 1.
Watch video below and also see other hilarious reactions.
https://twitter.com/r3al___AJ/status/1194711605508018177
NTA has killed me. The man is so pained🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #ShameOnNTA
Get someone to translate the Yoruba🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/K2Fo8zx0Q5— Name can be blank (@Fieryland) November 13, 2019
NTA has killed me. The man is so pained🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #ShameOnNTA
Get someone to translate the Yoruba🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/K2Fo8zx0Q5— Name can be blank (@Fieryland) November 13, 2019
NTA just exposed themselves to the world and other continents through the shameful live broadcast between Nigeria vs Benin.
No wonder they could not show ordinary NPFL.#ShameOnNTA#NGABEN pic.twitter.com/LNhaDtGQy8
— Dare Kuti 'Gattuso' (@dkuti82) November 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/Lanre14020051/status/1194731710564450305
Thank God for Dstv oh, watching the super eagles game now on NTA doesn't make me feel like this is 2019, it's looking like some 1999 shii 😂😭 #NGABEN #ShameOnNTA pic.twitter.com/41EUP9SR34
— Mankind (@tweetmankind) November 13, 2019
