The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has sanctioned four major television stations in Nigeria due to hate speech.
The stations: Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), African Independent Television (AIT), Channels TV and Television Continental (TVC).
They were all sanctioned for airing on their stations hate speeches by politicians from both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) .
The Director General of NBC, Malam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu who spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the letters notifying the stations of sanction is waiting to be delivered to them.
He said: ‘’Broadcasters have huge responsibility of protecting and guiding our democracy; and we have a very huge responsibility of ensuring that we don’t promote violence or anything that can lead to it.
“We have discovered that despite our repeated warnings some broadcast stations still allow politicians to let out hate speeches which are capable of throwing this country into crisis.
“We have prepared sanctions and the letters to this effect will be delivered to them soonest. These broadcast stations include NTA, AIT, Channels, TVC and some other radio stations.’’
He warned media houses to not allow politicians ruin their credibility.
