“It’s a shame … people are wrong.” Osama Heikal responds to MPs who raised the issue of “Agouza Apartments”

Osama Heikal, Minister of State for Information, commented on the issue of “Agouza Apartments”, raised by MP Nader Mustafa, during the plenary session of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, saying: “The word of Agouza Apartments is a shame to say that this is a mistake, according to the text of Law No. 180 of 2018 “.

The minister said that these studios are based in Agouza, since foreign media channels used to operate in these places in advance, and that they are located in the area where the price of land is much cheaper than in other regions, in addition to that the lighting conditions in the Nile landscape behind them are better than on the other side of the Nile.

He added: “During the January revolution, Al-Jazeera and others used to travel with mobile broadcast units, and it was not easy to pursue them, and for this reason we decided that these places or studios operate within a legitimate framework outside the borders of the media-producing city, and foreign correspondents are reluctant to deal with. With government agencies.

He added that this center achieves a monthly income of $ 200,000 for the City of Media Production.