Poponguine: 100 digital decoders given to parish authorities

Télédiffusion du Sénégal (TDS) continues its campaign to distribute digital decoders across the country. After Tivaouane, the general director of the structure, Dr Aminata Sarr Ndiaye, went to Poponguine, Thursday, November 5, to deliver a batch of 100 decoders to the parish authorities of Notre-Dame-de-la-Délivrante.

This initiative aims to improve people’s access to television and information. Through this operation, TDS intends to contribute to reducing the digital divide and enable households, particularly those in rural areas, to benefit from better reception of television channels.

This approach is also part of the dynamics of preparations for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), but also in the desire of public authorities to guarantee equitable access to information throughout the national territory. Speaking, Dr Aminata Sarr Ndiaye recalled that access to information constitutes a fundamental mission of the TDS. “Our mission is to ensure that all populations can have access to information,” she declared.

She also underlined the role of religious communities in the implementation of this proximity policy. “The gateways, indeed, in each region, in each city, are of course the religious centers,” she indicated, announcing the continuation of the tour in other localities in the country.

Addressing the difficulties in receiving the television signal in certain areas, notably in the department of Mbour, the general director announced that “a new pylon will be set up”. Pending the completion of this infrastructure, distributed decoders should help to alleviate the difficulties encountered by viewers, particularly after the dismantling of certain pylons in the Thiès region.

For his part, the priest of the Notre Damede la Délivrante parish of Poponguine, Father Étienne-Jean-Marie Kourouma, welcomed this gesture in favor of the populations. “It is a good gesture that helps us and our populations to enter into this desire that everyone can receive communication, images and information,” he declared.

The religious also expressed his gratitude to the State of Senegal for this attention given to local communities. Parish authorities are committed to relaying the information to the archbishop and the communities concerned.