SECTOR 3 his council has been conferred with all the authority to take action on any possible eventualities on behalf of ORTB. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 1.1 (2007=1.1 ; 2009=1.2) 3.5 Ofice bearers with the state and political parties as well as those with a inancial interest in the broadcasting industry are excluded from possible membership on the board of the state/public broadcaster. It is a well-known fact all over that the very opposite of this indicator is the situation in the country. he Head of the Minister’s Oice (directeur de cabinet du ministre) is the chairman of the board of directors. Today the diiculty faced is just how to ind somebody with the appropriate proile, who is not involved in any of the political sides. he nomination of a politically biased person to this post can lead to all manner of totally unacceptable decisions perhaps riddled with a conlict of interest that would afect things such as the purchase of a vehicle for use by the Ministry of Communications in its project that seeks to extend coverage nationwide through the establishment of 28 new stations. 106 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER BENIN 2011