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FG fines Channels TV N5 million over an interview with Datti Baba-ahmed

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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) fined Channels Television N5 million for airing an interview with Labour Party Vice Presidential nominee Datti Baba-Ahmed.

The NBC stated that the television station violated broadcasting code in a March 27 letter written to Channels Chief Executive Officer and acquired on Friday in Abuja.

The document, titled “Broadcast of an Inciting Interview, A Sanction,” was signed by the commission’s Director-General, Balarabe Ilelah.

“The NBC monitored the broadcast on Wednesday, March 22 of a live interview of the running mate of the Labour Party Vice Presidential candidate, Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, by the anchor of Politics Today, Seun Okibaloye.”

“Dr Baba-Ahmed stated that swearing in an elected president on May 29, 2023, will be unconstitutional due to election irregularities,” Mr Ilelah stated in the letter.

He stated that the transmission was volatile and had the potential to incite public disorder, and thus violated some provisions of the broadcasting code.

This, he claims, includes the part that states that no broadcast shall encourage or incite, be repugnant to public emotions, contain offensive references to any person or organization, living or deceased, or be generally disrespectful to human dignity.

According to the broadcasting code, broadcasters must guarantee that no show contains anything that amounts to subversion of constituted authority, according to Mr Ilelah.

He remembered that the NBC had several times asked Channels Television to consider public interest before broadcasting a program.

This, he claimed, was to prevent the nation from devolving into anarchy.

“As a result, Channels Television is hereby sanctioned and shall pay a penalty of N5,000,000 (five million naira) only in the first instance for the following infractions,” he said.

He also stated that any future violations by the television network would result in harsher penalties.

“You are advised to pay within two weeks of receipt of this letter or the penalty will be graduated,” said the NBC Director-General.

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