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    Channels TV apologises for violating broadcasting code – NBC

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorApril 27, 2021No Comments4 Mins Read
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    The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Tuesday said Channels Television has apologised over its violation of the broadcasting code.

    NBC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mrs Franca Aiyetan, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja.

    Aiyetan explained that the commission’s letter to the TV station was a regulatory instrument to check the excesses of the station called “the bridge letter“.

    She said that the intent of the letter was neither to close down nor sanction the station, rather it was meant to draw the station’s attention to its breach of the broadcasting code, adding that “the station has accordingly apologised’’.

    According to her, the letter asked Channels TV to explain why it gave credence to an organisation that was already proscribed by the Federal Government.

    “It was actually not for public consumption, it was not a press release. It was a regulatory instrument to check the excesses of the station.

    “It is a station that won an award but we say in this particular situation, you did not handle it professionally.

    “It is possible to breach the public peace and that was what the letter conveyed to Channels TV, to which the TV station has responded, saying ‘we apologise, we did wrong’.

    “When the media started asking me about Channels TV, I had to go and find out what letter we had issued out because if it is a press release or something that is for public consumption it will come to the Public Affairs Department of NBC.

    “And I will be able to communicate to the media about it but this letter that went to Channels TV is our way of regulating the broadcasting industry.

    “It is called a bridge letter to the station to say in this particular programme you did not act professionally; you did not do it in line with the provision of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.”

    The director further explained that the particular programme in reference was an interview of somebody who was representing an organisation that was already proscribed by the Federal Government.

    “The spokesman made lots of allusion that were not true, that were inciting and inimical to the peace of the society that could cause unrest.

    “The NBC now said because of that, this bridge attracts a shutdown or a fine of N5 million, but the pay line was that they were advised to discontinue the programme.

    “Because when station interviews live, they keep repeating it for maybe 24 hours before that kind of news will be dropped.

    “And when I followed up on Monday, April 26, I discovered that the monitoring department that had written the letter had also received an apology letter from the Channels TV to say okay, we have received your letter and see where we went wrong, we are sorry.

    “So it is now left for NBC to say this station has responded or reacted this way. The letter was neither meant to shut down the station nor sanction it. Rather, it is drawing their attention to what they have done.”

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    Aiyetan said that the station was also free to write NBC back to say “we stand on what we have done because in our own professional analysis of what we have done we think we are right.’’

    “Maybe NBC misinterpreted our intention. And when we have a situation like that, we invite the station to sit down on dialogue table and understand where they are coming from.

    “And then we will also explain to say this is what you intend to do but for those receiving the signals, this is what it connotes, this is what the gravity of what you have done to the country.”

    According to her, when a particular programme in a bid to pursue a particular trending issue begins to threaten the security and peace of the nation, then you check yourself.

    “Because broadcasting is not self-serving; it is for the society. So everything you do must be to the common good of the people and it must also hold the people accountable.”

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