NewsNigeriaTelecommunicationNational Broadcasting Commission Cautions Media Practitioners

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The Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Balarabe Shehu Ilelah has told media practitioners not to be a mouthpiece for any interest group or groups in the country.

The Director-General of the NBC stated this during a media parley on Thursday in Abuja, noted that many television and radio stations across the country, especially government owned, were owing the commission over N4bn in licensing and license renewal fees.

“For stations owing license renewal fees, the NBC was putting them on notice that “they have until February 17, 2022 to pay their debts or have their licences withdrawn and reallocated to prospective licensees.

“Media practitioners should critically report the words and actions of both sides, subjecting them to critical analysis and exposing what is false or threatening to society and its freedoms.

“The practitioner should never be a mere mouthpiece for any interest group or groups. He or she should critically report the words and actions of both sides, subjecting them to critical analysis and exposing what is false or threatening to society and its freedoms.

“We know the harm fake news, hate speech and unprofessional broadcast has cost societies. We must be extremely cautious of the contents we put out there. The National Broadcasting Commission prides itself on professionalism, efficiency and integrity in fulfilling its mandate as a regulator,” Ilelah said.

Ilelah said with the Digital Switch Over, there would be over 200 channels and probably over a thousand organised production outfits looking to feed them with content.

He noted the provisional broadcast license granted to 159 companies, institutions and communities by President Muhammadu Buhari to operate radio and television in the country.

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)

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