By Osagie Alonge and Damilola Ojo
Following the head office of cable network HiTV being locked yesterday, Monday, November 21, 2011 by officers of the Nigerian Police Force, the management has apologized to its many subscribers.
In a statement release today, Tuesday, November 22, 2011, the management through its Public Relations Manager, Justin Akpovi-Esade confirmed and acknowledged that the cable network was experiencing disruption in its services. He however didn’t make mention the reason for which its services where shutdown.
‘Everything would be fine very soon. A team of competent personnel are working round the clock to ensure the issue is resolved. HiTV values its numerous subscribers and calls for their usual understanding and patience while the issue is being sorted out’, Akpovi-Esade said.
As reported earlier, sources had said the order to lock up the office which is located at 24a, Isaac John Street was issued by the management of Guaranty Trust Bank allegedly due to unpaid debt.
According to our reporters who paid the office a visit today, they report that it still remains locked up. However, a security guard was found in the premises. ‘Please you can make payment in the bank’, the guard suggested to subscribers who wanted to make payment for their cable subscription.
47 comments
We’r xpectyn ur quick recorvery,we luv HITV
pls, tell nigerians when your office is going to resume work.
i wish you guys quick settlement of the issue,..and i hope you will do justice to those who made their payment on the date of the problem..
Hello, all nigerians are expection you back on air. Pls, come back intime as chrismax is nearer. Try and do a kind of compeciation for subscribers who have their subscription intact before shutdown.
Hello hitv. Your subscribers are waiting to see u fully back on air, if possible with new prngrammes including caf live.
pls try 2 resolve d issue fast before losing ur good costomers we r all expecting u quickly i just pay on 16th of dec cos i dont know wat going on tank
pls hitv start work a time
Pls just made payment on 22th of december2011 with teller no:3375877 and smart card no;017100788060. kindly do something this your mess up. Gt bank is dis how you want to get back your money?
hitv do sumtin pls i just paid a day to xmas hopin to enjoy d hollyday bt u people has spoil my plans pls do quick bfore i luk anoda side
please tell me the time you will com back i love wart you are doing
wen are u coming back as i want to watch de COPA EL RE on SETANTA AFRICA, PLS DO SOMETIN BE4 DIEEEEEEEE. HITV. ZATOCHI
pls i wnt to knw wen will u guyz be back on air
Please sir, am Eric udim i will like to know what is
the problem which the hitv is not working.
Just paid my subscription about 2 days ago because I was out for a few months. It would have been nice if you had informed your subscribers about the problem at hand rather that let us pay money when we can’t get value for our money. It is a waste of my resources. And what plans do you have to compensate us?
When are u people resuming work? Am really bored,I paid for my subcription 22nd dec hoping to enjoy d festive period,017101625808. Wale Gali. Thanks. I missed u people
Hello guys when will u resume me and my families are missing hinolly yoruba&hi sport i missed u all
when are you going to be back on air.
please, do what you want to do on time and let us enjoying what we paying for.
Infact you hitv people, i made payment on 29 of Dec 2011 with smart card no 01710128622,Teller no 3476843 to enjoy hi honey yoruba wit my family on 31st nd i dnt view anythng on it,but i dnt kn dat u’re having problem wit ur service plz do something to my account when u resume… Thanks nd miss u all.
Hi, hitv pls wat is going on are u not going to work again pls let us know
Can’t HITV management make a public statement on why all subscribers are. Stranded?please
i feel disappointed to find out that hitv has this kind of problem and they never bothered notifying their numerous subscribers even by sending text messages. How can we trust hitv again?
Hitv upon all the advise we give u people on facebook your isue still come to reality when we told you people not to leave football right now dsthieves is flenjor with it and making money.but i pray u people come back with good plan to gain your customers back because you are nigerian company and i will always support you.god bless nigeria
Hitv u ar stil d best. I am expecting u on air soon.
Hello ,please is there any hope for we subscriber?…or we should forget about hitv totally?
hitv..y nw am vry vry disapointed in u pple..cnt u pple hv a luk at multi tv ghana n c wat d ar doin evn witout subscription
I don’t tink u guy want 2 come back.we ve waited enough.pls resolve dis issue nd resume work.plsssss
I bought my smart card 2months ago have not been able 2 make use of it i beg make u find solut 2 dis great disaster.
please hitv management which time u want to resume work i just bought hitv 4month a go.i have dstv before somebody told me about hitv that’s why i gave my friend my dstv to help me hitv i use it one month after dat i want to pay on it u dont collect money for my hand again please do some thing on it.thanks
pls what is still wrong with hitv. GTB r fraudsters cos they r still collecting money from pple when they r aware that its nt working. I need my money oh
Please the Managementof Hitv try to bring back Hitv to life, especially nigerian programmes, since when you been apologieses to your subscribers to be patience, I can said since last year, pls bring Hitv to normal before make our mind to another Dish.Thanks
When will you resume. Your valuable customers all over the country need to know. Are you completely out of the business? Talk to us, we have the right to know. Because we are your customer. Thanks
Hitv, when exactly will u come on air let us know, cause we are tired of all this, since last year up till now or are u not coming on air again? tell the Nigerian
NAWA,TELL US THE SUBSCRIBER THE PROBLEMS WITH UR COMPANY,BEFORE IS LATE
when r u coming back u people shld let us knw or we shld forget about HITV
i just bougth hitv cable i didn’t enjoyed any tin, and a day to shutdown i av paid my subcriber i did enjoy my money pls do some tin or wil sholud forget about it
why Hitv 4 longtime we need warch english premier league
pls. im very bored @ home cos im on leave nd need entertainment
hitv come back. pls. pls. pls.
when is it commin 2 air waves again. pls. state it out
I pesonally love hitv but iam very disapointed the way they treat their custome.they did not deem it fit to explain to us what is going on and whereas we are the one sustaining the bussiess for them because if no body is patronising your business then it will be useless.so tell us the time you are coming back or we should forget about hitv.
Hitv.come back in time or we forget about you because you did not inform your customers the problem you are facing.
pls would you come back on air
hitv pls come back dstv is messing up
Please the only issue I have is how to connect with biscon world. If u have moved to another cable let me know.
We don’t even know the truth if Hitv is gone or era they still coming back am not happy with u mr Toyin Subar do something Fast is better
pls when are you resuming
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