The National Broadcasting Commission has
indicted the Af rican In dependent Television and
the National Television Authority for airing
controversial sponsored documentary on the
presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, the
Director of Public Affairs at the NBC, Mr. Awwalu
Salihu, also listed other television and radio
stations that were indicted for various offences
committed in the coverage of the 2015 general
elections.
Although Salihu simply mentioned the offence of
the NTA and AIT as contravening rules for airing
sponsored materials, the two stations had been
at the centre of controversy for airing
documentaries on Buhari and a national leader of
the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
NTA was also indicted for contravening rules on
sensibilities while AIT was also indicted for
contravening 24-hour advert prohibition rules.
Other stations that were indicted for varied
offences include Rima Radio, STV Lagos, NTA
Lagos, NTA2 Channel 5, TVC Lagos, NTV, PRTV
Jos, NTA Makurdi, Vision FM, Nigeria Info, OSBC
TV, Freedom TV, Ilesa, because TV, Liberty TV,
Liberty Radio, Karama (FRCN) FM, Alheri FM,
NTA Jos, Ombe Media Corp Radio FM, BSES Ekiti
and DSTV (Ebony Live TV Channel).
Salihu said, “The contraventions include
breaches of the rules on the broadcast of
sponsored electoral campaign materials, which
must conform to the standards of truth, decency
and good taste, and requiring the sponsor to be
clearly identified.
“Other breaches included the airing of campaign
materials or programmes that promoted political
parties or candidates within the 24-hour
prohibition period, as well as unauthorised
networking by a group of stations.”
The NBC spokesman said all the stations had
either been queried or sanctioned according to
the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.
Also, the European Union Election Observation
Mission Chief Observer, Santiago Fisas, said
during the presentation of the mission’s
preliminary statement in a press conference in
Abuja that EU’s media monitoring team
discovered that government-controlled broadcast
media exhibited partisanship by giving advantage
to the incumbent at federal or state level.
Fisas added, “The European Union Election
Observation Mission commends the Nigerian
people for their commitment to the overall
peaceful and orderly elections this weekend-
despite frustration and challenges caused by
often late opening of polling sites, failing
biometric voter verification, some regrettable
violent incidents, and re-polling on Sunday.”
In a statement sent to one of our correspondents
by the mission’s Press and Public Outreach
Officer, Eberhard Laue, Fisas however said that
some private media organisations were balanced
and objective in their coverage of the elections.

Let the wind of change begin to blow!! Accountability has already started. GMB till 2023!!

Abeg who don see Oressmusanctus, Chukwudi44, temitemi and Barcanista. Their mama dey find dem abeg. Please help us find these children

everything seems to be working in favour our my amiable General!!

They are crazy! After how long?

Too late o! Very very late!

Wonders shall never end. When these stations were airing the documentary and character assasinating tinubu and buhari, NBC did not talk then O, favouring the ruling party and Jonathan campaign train in the elections now that it seems the wind of change is blowing via the poll results, they are now indicting Ait and NTA after 6 weeks. Is this the how they will act if both stations were airing por.n movies and then after that 6 weeks of action

The director of NBC must be working hard to save his head but it's too late. He must be query and if found guilty, straight to kirikiri for corruption and partisanship.

Those nincompoop at NBC they fear Jonah well well. Now sanity and fairness has returned to their brain.


Welcome development.




Wind of change

Hahaha

That man Dokpesi And Ffk Will rot in prison

See smart move by NBC trying to save it self from the wind of change.
Nigerians can be smart shaaaa.
we are watching and waiting.

MzJackBaueress:
They are crazy! After how long?

Too late o! Very very late!

leave them.they r trying to play smart.its too late.positions must roll when u get there GMB

Had it been Pdp is gaining upper hand in the poll result, NBC Would have kept quiet. But op where is your soure of information

Somebody is trying to hold on to his job.......