Four major television stations in
the country have been sanctioned by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC
for airing hate speech.
The television stations are:
Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, African Independent Television, AIT,
Channels TV and Television Continental, TVC.
They were sanctioned for allowing
hate speeches by politicians from both the ruling All Progressives Congress,
APC, and the main opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to be aired on
their networks.
The Director General of NBC,
Malam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu said during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said the letters to the
affected organisations notifying them about the sanction were awaiting delivery
in his office.
He said the four stations failed
to shut out chieftains of both parties who willfully engaged in hate speeches
during their political campaigns.
He said, ‘’Broadcasters have huge
responsibility of protecting and guiding our democracy; and we have a very huge
responsibility of ensuring that we don’t promote violence or anything that can
lead to it.
“We have discovered that despite
our repeated warnings some broadcast stations still allow politicians to let
out hate speeches which are capable of throwing this country into crisis.
“We have prepared sanctions and
the letters to this effect will be delivered to them soonest. These broadcast
stations include NTA, AIT, Channels, TVC and some other radio stations.’’
Kawu said media houses must not
allow themselves to be used by politicians.
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