The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has expressed appreciation to all broadcast stations in Nigeria for their professional and ethical broadcast in covering the Edo State Governorship Election, which it said no doubt, contributed majorly to ensuring free, fair, and peaceful election in the state.
Ina statement signed by its management,the NBC made the commendation having monitored for compliance, the conduct and content of broadcasting stations before, during and after the September 19, 2020 Edo State Governorship Election as part of its mandate and in line with the NBC Act, CAP11, Laws of the Federation, 2004.
The Commission used the medium to draw the attention of Broadcasters, particularly, operators of Pay Television services and Free-To-Air TV services on the deadline issued by it for stoppage of continuous violations of the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code with the repeated broadcast of Not-To-Be-Broadcast (NTBB) musicals.
Having earlier warned that the broadcast of vulgar and obscene musical videos, which some have attributed to the increasing trend of rape and other social vices, will not be tolerated from 0ctober 1, 2020, the NBC said it would not hesitate to apply appropriate sanctions to violators for any breach in line with its mandate.
The Commission said it has also released the list of broadcast stations sanctioned in the 2nd Quarter of 2020 for various breaches, saying the list indicates stations that were sanctioned for vulgar lyrics, unverifiable claims, repeated broadcast of NTBB’s etc. etc.
It reminded broadcasters that they have a duty to promote the corporate existence of Nigeria, and the socio-economic well-being of the Nigerian State.
