The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, on Thursday don warn say dem go commence punishment for any broadcast station wey violate any of their code.
Chibuike Ogwumike, wey bi zonal director of the NBC Lagos office, for his letter to newsmen, seize the opportunity to warn against messages wey ‘insult’ Naija leaders dem.
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“No broadcast shall encourage or incite to crime, lead to public disorder or hate, be repugnant to public feelings or contain an offensive reference to any person or organization, alive or dead or generally be disrespectful to human dignity.
And code: 3.1.19: The broadcast shall not transmit content that denigrates the social norms, values and culture of the society”,
“Monitoring activities indicate that in the recent time, some broadcast stations have abdicated their editorial responsibilities such that guests and callers on programmes abuse and insult leaders and those in authority freely and without caution.
“To denigrate our elders and leaders in abusive terms is not our culture. We respect our leaders as a positive cultural value.
“We expect Broadcasters, especially anchors to show professionalism in the handling of programmes such that guest or callers that exhibit such tendency are professionally handled.
