WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS ABOUT CHANNELS SUSPENSION BY THE NIGERIAN BROADCASTING COOPERATIONS
The federal government have slammed channels tv with suspension and a #5M fine
The Nigerian Broadcasting Coopotstion has suspends Channels TV For Interviewing IPOB Leader. It also accused the station of allowing the guest speaker to allegedly make derogatory and misleading statements about the @HQNigerianArmy. This is another height of indolence the Nigerian government is been known for over the last six years. I’ve never seen an administration that is this divisive at a time when the nation needs cohesion.
The Nigerian Broadcasting cooperations has factually showed it’s okay for TV stations to honor or host the threats of Miyetti Allah without consequences but their broadcast Lincence is at risk for doing the same with IPOB. This is a demonstration of tyranny and suppression of journalists freedom to get balanced stories and news. Channels is not a govt propaganda media. If this is how systems work, CNN won’t have licence under Donald Trump. The APC government and Buhari’s agents must stop their disgraceful actions.
The NBC suspension of Channels TV for interviewing IPOB Leader is illegal and unjustifiable. A court case of NOSDRA v. EXXONMOBIL held that regulatory agencies are not empowered to arbitrarily impose sanction without recourse to the court. The attack on free press must stop. The NBC, being a regulatory body, is not empowered by law to act as the prosecutor and the judge; all at the same time – this violates the principle of fair hearing enshrined under S 36 of the Constitution. Free press cannot thrive if these undemocratic fines are allows to stand..
