The rate at which the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission is censoring words these days especially in the visual media is becoming increasingly annoying, oppressive and a show of total disregard for human rights and freedom of expression.

I learnt only inappropriate and offensive words are to be censored e.g:

A_s
A_shole
Bi_ch
B_ops
C_rk
Di_k
F_ggot
F_ck
Ni_ga
P_rn ETC

Do things work differently in Nigeria - A heavily religious and multi-cultural society? How can our television obscure and silent words as God, Allah, Chukwu, Olorun, Jesus, Ogun, Songo, Ayelala, Amadioha e'tal. These are a culture to us, a way of life. These are symbols upon which this nation was built, they are entrenched in our constitution.

Mallam Is’haq Modibo Kawu must have a personal agenda, which is not of the interest of Nigeria that he was appointed to serve. Now he wants to censor phone-in programs...SMH. If the commission is looking for work to do and want to be relevant, they should start monitoring the content of our children's programmes and cartoons as they are now inundated with obscenity, nudity and homosexuality.

This is a free country, this is Nigeria and the government owe it to its people to respect human rights.

cc: Seun
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