The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has extended the deadline to shut down broadcast stations whose licenses were revoked.
The commission extended the shutdown to Tuesday, August 23.
This was announced in a statement issued on Saturday.
Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, the director-general of the commission said the decision was motivated by the “intervention of concerned groups” and “visible” efforts by some of the defaulting stations to clear their arrears.
“Following intervention of concerned groups and visible concerted efforts by some defaulting Licensees to offset their debts, the National Broadcasting Commission hereby serves this notice of an extension of the deadline to shut down to 6.00 PM on Tuesday, August 23, 2022,” the statement reads.
NBC had revoked the licenses of African Independent Television (AIT), Silverbird Television (STV), and 50 other television and radio stations over mounting debt on Friday.
Ilelah said the stations affected are indebted to the tune of N2 billion.
The commission had directed the stations to shut down operations within 24 hours.
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