Jason Njoku
has revolutionised movie how Nigerian movies are seen especially around with
the world. With his Iroko Tv website, viewers all over the world can watch
Nigerian movies for free, while he and his partners capitalise on the volume of
traffic to the site. He also owns Iroking, a similar website to Iroko Tv but it
is strictly for music.
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His site has
also turn out to be one of the income makers for movie producers across the
country as he pays them to show their movies on his site. This makes him a key
player in the industry. But this week, there are some negative reports of him
which could put a dent to his good image. Recently he sacked 11 of his staff including
the Chief Executive office or Iroking, Micheal Ugwu, and they have been going
to town describing Njoku as a wicked boss.
In his
defense Jason in a release said that it was Micheal who breached his agreement.
“We can confirm that Michael Ugwu is no longer the CEO of iROKING and has left
the company. He was dismissed earlier this month with immediate effect for
gross misconduct. It came to light that, whilst under contract and salary of
iROKING, Michael Ugwu set up and launched his own digital music platform, in
direct competition with iROKING. This is an unequivocal breach of the robust
non-compete and confidentiality clause he signed when he joined the iROKO team.
We will not be divulging any further details on the subject matter for legal
reasons,” Jason said in the release.
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