The U. S. Department of State?s Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) announces a Request for Applications from organizations interested in providing Hausa-language TV content via free-to-air satellite ? with a footprint to cover northern Nigeria.
CT invites organizations to submit applications outlining
a project concept and capacity to develop and manage a free-to-air Hausa-language satellite TV channel aimed at youth residing in northern Nigeria.
In pursuit of CT?s long-term goal of reducing audience receptivity to terrorist recruiters, this project supports the following CT objectives:
create positive themes and narratives to compete with those of violent extremist ideologues; and displace the violent extremist worldview.