By Ken Chiwendu
Just twenty two days to the presidential election, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has identified two media organisations,Arise TV and TVC it alleged that breached the National broadcasting code and accordingly imposed N2 million (two million naira fine on them.
The fine is to be paid within two weeks of the receipt of the letter.
Director General of the organization, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah announced the punishment Friday in separate letters he wrote to the management of the affected organisations.
The NBC letter to TVC, accused the television station of breaching the following sections of the Code: 1.10.4; 3.1.2; 3.1.2; 3.3.1(e); 4.2.2 (g); 4.2.2 (g); 4.3.1(e); 5.3.3 (c); 5.3.3 (e); 5.3.3 (f); and 5.5.1 (b).
The commission accused TVC News of airing unfair comments on its station saying the trend had become a house style on TVC.
Part of TVC’s content it frowned at according to the commissary is the the Joint media Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council press briefing where Festus Keyamo said “Obasanjo and Atiku run a criminal enterprise, an empire of fraud in Abuja…” and alleged that some goons of Atiku Abubakar were planning to eliminate Michael Achimugu, a whistle blower.
For Arise TV, the NBC said there were breaches on the following sections of the code: 1.10.4; 3.1.2; 3.3.1(e); 5.3.3 (e); 5.3.3 (f); 5.5.1 (b); 5.5.1 (d); and 5.5.6.
The commission slammed the station for giving prominence to unfair content in the broadcast of presidential campaign rally of PDP in Delta, interview with former APC Campaign Director, Na’jaatu Muhammed, and broadcast of the PDP presidential campaign rally in Sokoto .
