National Broadcasting Commission lifts ban on suspended media houses
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has lifted the ban placed on some media houses, owing to default in the payment of license fees.
In a press statement personally signed by the Director-General of the commission, Balarabe Ilelah dated 26 August 2022 NBC said “following the ultimatum, the commission received positive responses from the debtor licensees, including big players in the broadcast industry.
“Sequel to a follow-up meeting held with Executives of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), and other critical stakeholders in the industry, the communication has decided to temporarily suspend the shutdown of the indebted broadcast stations all over the country.
“We express our profound appreciation to the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, the affected licensees, and broadcast stakeholders for their responses and interventions. We specifically thank Silverbird TV, Rythm FM, and DAAR Communications Limited for their responses.
“The commission is not unaware of the difficulties this shutdown must have caused the operators and other stakeholders, but must state that the commission will always operate within the National Broadcasting Commission Act cap N11, laws of the federation 2004the”.
It would be recalled that the National Broadcasting Commission on Friday, August 19, 2022, issued a shutdown notice to licensees that are indebted to the commission.
