Four major television stations in the country have been sanctioned by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC for airing hate speech. The television stations are: Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, African Independent Television, AIT, Channels TV and Television Continental, TVC. They were sanctioned for allowing hate speeches by politicians from both the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to be aired on their networks. According to the Director General of NBC, Malam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, he said letters to the affected organisations notifying them about the sanction were awaiting delivery in his office. He said the four stations failed to shut out chieftains of both parties who wilfully engaged in hate speeches during their political campaigns. He said, ‘’Broadcasters have huge responsibility of protecting and guiding our de...
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