This came on a day the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, warned all
broadcasting stations operating in the country to adhere strictly to
the provisions of the broadcasting code or risk sanctions. In a protest
letter lodged through the Legal Director of APC Presidential Campaign
Council, Mr. Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN, Buhari, insisted that the two
television stations must not only retract the “hate documentaries,” but
also issue a public apology to him.
He said he would not hesitate to seek legal remedy should the television
houses refuse to comply with the conditions. Besides, the APC candidate
said he had already petitioned the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission,
NBC, and the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, asking them to
investigate both NTA and AIT over the hate broadcasts and take necessary
punitive actions. “The hate broadcast has been on from Saturday,
January 24, 2015 to Sunday, January 25, 2015, at 11p.m. in AIT,” Buhari
noted.
Meanwhile, The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has warned all
broadcasting stations to adhere strictly to the provisions of the
broadcasting code or risk sanctions. The Director-General of the
Commission, Mr. Emeka Mba, who issued the warning, said the Commission
acknowledged the effort of broadcasting stations were making in
lubricating the nation’s political space, but noted that some stations
had been operating outside the provisions of the code in a manner that
could become counter-productive to the national objectives of peaceful,
free and fair elections.
“We are in exciting times. Political campaigns are under way and the
nation is agog with politicians campaigning to persuade the electorate
to support them, this is how it should, that is the beauty of
democracy,” he said. trendyrammy
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