The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the broadcast industry regulator has sanctioned 86 broadcasting stations in nine zones of the country for various offenses resulting in contravention of the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.

The stations were fined N11.8 million, with each getting up to N100,000 fine.

Head Public Affairs at NBC, Mrs. Maimuna Jimada, who confirmed the sanction, said the contraventions included breaches of the rules on vulgar lyrics, unverifiable claims and hate speech among others.

According to her, “The Commission wishes to re-iterate to all broadcasters that they have a duty to promote the socio-economic well-being of the Nigerian state and abide strictly by the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.”

A detailed list of the errant stations and the sanctions applied, showed that NBC investigated 10 zones across the country and discovered that broadcast stations from nine of the 10 zones contravened the Nigerian Broadcasting Code. The zones investigated included Abuja, Benin, Enugu, Ibadan, Jos, Kaduna, Lagos, Maiduguri, Sokoto and Uyo. Among the 10 zones, only one zone, which is the Sokoto zone complied fully with the broadcasting code and was not fined.

While 19 broadcasting stations in Abuja zone were fined a total of N2.4million; four broadcasting stations in Benin zone were fined N500,000; 20 broadcasting stations in Enugu zone were N2.8 million; 12 broadcasting stations in Ibadan zone were fined N1.3 million, and only one station in Jos zone was fined N100,000.

In Kaduna zone, 12 broadcasting stations were fined N1.8 million; three stations fined N1.05 million in Lagos zone; another three stations fined N300,000 in Maiduguri zone, while 12 stations were fined N1.6 million in Uyo zone, totaling N11.8 million from 86 broadcasting stations in all nine zones that were investigated.
Having sanctioned the broadcasting stations, NBC directed them to pay their fines without delay.

The Commission also advised other stations that have complied with the broadcasting code, to continue to do so in the interest of the country, and warned those stations that erred to amend their ways immediately.

The NBC also warned against unprofessional broadcasting that could incite the people against each other, especially as the country is preparing for its 2019 general elections.

The Director General of NBC, Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, had warned broadcasters not to broadcast contents that are not factual and capable of destabilising the Nigerian economy. “Permit me to remind our broadcasters, that as we approach the electioneering period, stations must do everything professional to promote democracy. Broadcasters are reminded that they have a duty to respect all extant laws related to the reportage and coverage of the electoral process. Don’t broadcast campaigns when the period for commencement of campaigns have not commenced.

We are disturbed by the pattern of insensitive and inflammatory broadcasts emanating from some broadcast stations, especially in their coverage of national crises, like the Herdsmen/Farmer crises,” Kawu said recently.

According to him, “We have observed that some stations deliberately and repeatedly air very inciting contents long after the events break. We have warned stations that they must follow the tenets of the Broadcasting Code. Having warned broadcasters, we shall follow up with appropriate sanctions should any station continue to violate the Broadcasting Code.

http://investorsking.com/nbc-sanctions-86-broadcasting-stations/ mynd44

When una done fine dem and dem dn pay,make another animal come swallow am again...una hear!

Truth234:
Head Public Affairs at NBC, Mrs. Maimuna Jimada, who confirmed the sanction, said the contraventions included breaches of the rules on vulgar lyrics, unverifiable claims and hate speech among others.

How come there was no sanction in the last administration by NBC, with all the hate speech made by APC during elections...


I see Buhari's hand in here...

Why not just list the names of the stations. When sanction money is received we go hear say goat chop the money

So we should fry pap



Abeg shift jhoor

Na to dey ban better songs upandan them sabi

Trying to mute the populace

K

let them comply to the rules given to them but I hope all of the will pay the money and there won't be sentiment.

Will this reduce the pump price of the motor spirit and korope fee will go back to #50 and reduce the burdens on the average unilorite.

Kontinu!!!!

Dictatorship goes side by side with poverty.

Olamide badoo... You see wetin your science student song Don cause?

NBC is looking for ma trouble oo





Sha wen dem pay





I dey here dey practice my crocodile movement

Another one

Another one, this time another animal is training how to infiltrate and go swallow the returns. I am suspecting crocodile, so afterwards it can shed some tears.

If not for Social Media,Nigeria under Buhari would have been worse than North Korea's Kim Jong-un, where dissenting voices are not accommodated and tolerated.

interesting

Sanctioned for allowing callers to speak out against failure of the government.

hmmmm

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Buhari/APC/Lai clampdown. We're still voting you out!

Nonsense.

'3 stations in Maiduguri fined N300 million'. Where dey wan get dat money from, when Shekau and his boko boys have scared people and their businesses away from that terrain?



Na to close shop be dat o!

This is typical of Buhari I used to know I hope the brain dead 15 million damned souls that brought this disaster on us all can now see what we have been saying. I should not talk on what is evil in my Country caused by Buhari? Not possible.

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How come there was no sanction in the last administration by NBC, with all the hate speech made by APC during elections...


I see Buhari's hand in here...

You reap what you sow, during Jonathan regime, the word hate speech was not in our lexicon but even the press that installed this junta is struggling to understand the definition of hate speech. We warned them but they refused. Most stations now avoid live call in program because they don't know what the people may say on phone during a live program.
Guess what? We are just starting.

NBC now revenue mobilization commission.

jeun jeun commission

To operate business in Nigeria, govt will turn you to money making machine

Make dem kukuma shut down all d stations na, no play music, no hate speech no dis no dt wat were dy suppose to be doing? U don't want d masses to kno d truth ba

Truth234:
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the broadcast industry regulator has sanctioned 86 broadcasting stations in nine zones of the country for various offenses

We are disturbed by the pattern of insensitive and inflammatory broadcasts emanating from some broadcast stations, especially in their coverage of national crises, like the Herdsmen/Farmer crises,” Kawu said recently.

According to him, “We have observed that some stations deliberately and repeatedly air very inciting contents long after the events break We have warned stations that they must follow the tenets of the Broadcasting Code. Having warned broadcasters, we shall follow up with appropriate sanctions should any station continue to violate the Broadcasting Code.

http://investorsking.com/nbc-sanctions-86-broadcasting-stations/ mynd44

The position of the NBC Director is quite shameful and unprofessional and this is a display of the current Nigerian Federal Government. So the media can no longer report events as the happen especially when those events are considered insensitive by the government?? And why say that those events should not be reported long after they happen?? Especially when Government has refused to protect her citizens against killings by purported foreign herdsmen