NBC SLAMS CHANNELS TELEVISION WITH N5M FINE

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NBC SLAMS CHANNELS TELEVISION WITH N5M FINE

This is contained in a letter addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of the television station and dated March 27.

The letter, with the title: “Broadcast of an Inciting Interview, A Sanction”, was signed by Balarabe Ilelah, the commission’s Director-General.

It read in part:” The NBC monitored the broadcast of a live interview of the running mate of the Labour Party Vice presidential candidate, Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, by the anchor of Politics Today, Seun Okibaloye, on Wednesday, March 22.

“Dr Baba-Ahme said it will be unconstitutional to swear in an elected president on May 29, 2023, because of election irregularities,” Ilelah said in the letter.

He noted that the broadcast was volatile and capable of inciting public disorder and therefore violated some sections of the broadcasting code.

The media organization was then imposed with the sum of N5M fine as a penalty for breach of the broadcasting code. The letter reads.

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