In a letter dated February 3 and signed by NBC Director-General Balarabe Ilelah, the commission stated that it was monitoring TVC’s “continuous” violation of the Nigeria broadcasting code related coverage of general election activities.
The Muhammadu Buhari administration has fined Continental Broadcasting Services Limited, the owners of Television Continental (TVC), for airing “hate speech and inflammatory comments” by All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Bola Tinubu.
In a letter dated February 3 and signed by NBC Director-General Balarabe Ilelah, the commission stated that it was monitoring TVC’s “continuous” violation of the Nigeria broadcasting code related coverage of general election activities.
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The commission stated that the channel broadcasted “hate speech, provocative, insulting, and unjust comments,” adding that the behavior had become a house style on TVC.
The commission highlighted a media briefing by Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, as well as comments by APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu.
“On 06/01/23 at 12:29PM, the Joint Media Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council made the following comments while briefing the media. Festus Keyamo: ‘…Obasanjo and Atiku run a criminal enterprise, an empire of fraud in Abuja. At the same time that Ahmed Bola Asiwaju was toiling hard, beautifully and meticulously to rebuild Lagos, 2 criminals were stealing money in Abuja at the time… they both stole from the SPV account at that time.’ Speaking about the whistleblower, Micheal Achimugu, he said, ‘We suspect that some goons of Atiku Abubakar are planning eliminate him and members of his family. In fact, my big brother FFK actualy hinted me about something like that yesterday’,” the letter reads.
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“On 24/01/23 at 03:39PM, during the APC Presidential Rally in Abia State. The APC Presidential Candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu after telling the public to vote APC under the symbol of broom, he went on to make the following comment ‘…You know what you do with the rest of them? They are like lizards, cockroaches and mosquitoes. Just take the broom, wipe them off’.
“On 31/01/23 at 02:37pm, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally which held in Anambra State. The Party’s Presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, also made the following remarks: ‘When you hear Atiku use the word Muslim and say ‘Wallahi, Talahi, you know what is in his heart? ‘na lie I lie’. Anytime you hear Atiku say Wallahi Talahi, just reply him say, na lie you lie’.”
The NBC also mentioned Tinubu’s remarks during the APC event in Anambra, in which he alluded to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), as someone who cannot follow promises.
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The commission also charged TVC with failing to provide equal coverage to all political parties.
“On October 10, 2022, your station began its newscast with 17 minutes of APC news and 1 minute of PDP news with a video clip that did not play,” the commission added.
As a result, the NBC demanded that TVC pay a N2 million fine within two weeks of receiving the notice.
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