The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned 25 radio and television stations for the contravention of the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code in their coverage of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
Director-General of NBC, Mr Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, who announced this at a news conference in Abuja , said that 16 stations were also given final warnings for their unprofessional conduct during the polls.
He said that some broadcast stations allowed their platforms to be used by some guests, callers and analysts to score unhealthy political points inimical to the nation’s corporate existence.
Mr Ilelah, who did not name the sanctioned stations, said that seventeen ,17 of them were sanctioned for the broadcast of partisan content 24 hours to election while one was sanctioned for announcing result before authorized returning officers made them public. .
He urged all broadcast journalists to adhere strictly to the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code and the National Broadcasting Act during Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly Polls.
