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    NBC fines Channels TV N5M for breaching broadcast code

    Opalim LiftedBy Opalim LiftedMarch 31, 20231 Comment2 Mins Read
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    The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N5 million on Channels Television for violating the broadcasting law in a programme with Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party Vice Presidential candidate.

    This is conveyed in a letter addressed to the chief executive officer of the television station and dated March 27.

    The letter was exclusively obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.
    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-Ahmed 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 instigating public disorder and therefore violated some sections of the broadcasting code.

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    This, according to him, includes the provision that states no broadcast shall encourage, incite, be repugnant to public sentiments, contain objectionable references to any person or organisation, alive or deceased, or generally be derogatory to human dignity.

    Ilelah added that, according to the broadcasting code, broadcasters shall ensure that no programme contained anything that amounted to the subversion of constituted authority.

    He recalled that NBC had engaged Channels Television severally to assess public interest before any programme was broadcast.

    This, he said, was to ensure that the country was not plunged into anarchy.

    “Consequently, for the following infractions, Channels Television is hereby sanctioned and shall pay a penalty of N5,000,000 (five million naira) only in the first instance,” he said.

    He added that any further infraction by the television station would incur higher sanctions.

    “You are advised to pay within two weeks from the day of receipt of this letter, or the penalty will be graduated,” the NBC Director-General said.

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