NBC Turning Itself Into 'Kangaroo Court', Media Groups Say | Sahara Reporters

The Media Rights Agenda and the International Press Centre have accused the National Broadcasting Commission of turning itself into a 'kangaroo court' by fining broadcast stations at will.

MRA’s Executive Director, Mr Edetaen Ojo, said, “A situation where the NBC, which is so glaringly lacking in independence and subject to the direct control of political authorities, wrote the Nigeria Broadcasting Code creating the offences for which the stations were sanctioned and was the complainant in the allegations against the stations, prosecuted them and sat in judgment on the matter without even giving the stations any opportunity to defend themselves against the charges while also...

“It portrays Nigeria as crude and primitive and will no doubt bring the country to ridicule,” he added.

nbcgovng What do you expect from a group of bad leadership in a wicked nation? But their days are numbered.

nbcgovng Their problem.

nbcgovng It is not right for the NBC to fine those stations for broadcasting the protests.

nbcgovng We are not moving with the rest of the World! For Once these Channels kept us upto date with happenings while NTA was showing us how to plant yam! These Channels kept us safe

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