iv. Ensure availability and cost effectiveness of set top boxes; v. Encourage and facilitate local manufacturing of set top boxes; and vi. Develop a licensing regime for signal distributors. 7.7 Community Broadcasting Community broadcasting has been acknowledged as a critical tool for promoting universal access and the Rights to Freedom of Expression. Community broadcasting typically augments the services of the National Broadcasting System by attending to needs that cannot be adequately addressed at Federal, State and Local levels by public and commercial broadcast operators. Community-based broadcasting stations will contribute towards bringing the nation’s ethnic communities and special interest groups into focus. It will also empower them with access to, and the ability to send and share information. 7.7.1 Situation Analysis Community broadcasting in Nigeria has been minimal and yet it is acknowledged that community broadcasting can play a useful role in national development by targeting specific groups and/or communities. Efforts should therefore be made to promote a robust community broadcasting culture, including IP-based retransmission of broadcast signals. 7.7.2 Objectives i. To implement full community broadcasting in Nigeria; ii. To facilitate widespread access to broadcasting; and iii. To ensure appropriate content that educates, enlightens and empowers Nigerians. 7.7.3 Strategies The Government will: i. Create an enabling framework and environment that will further the advancement of community broadcasting sector in Nigeria; and ii. Amend the relevant sections of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) to permit the issuance of broadcasting licenses, including community radio by the Converged Regulator. !"#$%&"'()*+(,%'$-.(/(0120( ( ( ,"34(57(