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AIT/RayPower shutdown: Ezekwesili gives own reason NBC shut down media
house
A former
presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Oby
Ezekwesili has reacted to the suspension of the licence of the African
Independent Television, AIT and RayPower Fm by the National Broadcasting
Commission, NBC.
NBC had on Thursday
suspended
the license of AIT and RayPower Fm until further notice.
The
Director-General of NBC, Modibbo Kawu, disclosed that the action was taken for
failure of the broadcasting stations to abide by the broadcasting code.
The offences listed
by the NBC included the airing of a presidential election documentary by the
AIT, a matter pending before a tribunal, the inability of the company to pay
its fees, the use of “divisive and inciting contents from the Social Media”
among others.
But, reacting to
the development, Ezekwesili said there was nothing in NBC letter that warranted
the withdrawal of AIT’s licence.
She added that AIT
was only shut down because it is perceived to be an “Opposition media.”
She tweeted, ”NBC
to AIT that reaches the threshold for withdrawal of license and shut down of a
Media house that we all know Government perceives as an “Opposition media.
” My Summary of
this lengthy Sanctions letter from NBC to AIT is simply this.
“We have warned you
several times in the past to stop broadcasting things that upset the Government
and NBC. You refused to listen. Now we shall shut you up and down until you are
ready to be like NTA”
”There is nothing
in that letter from NBC to AIT that reaches the threshold for withdrawal of
license and shut down of a Media house that we all know Government perceives as
an “Opposition media”.
”Wisdom should have
actually instructed the FG against striking out at them.”
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