{"id":2197,"date":"2021-07-22T16:31:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2021-07-22T16:31:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:31:43","slug":"nbc-in-curious-directive-to-curb-reporting-on-bandits-terrorist-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/nbc-in-curious-directive-to-curb-reporting-on-bandits-terrorist-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC In Curious Directive To Curb Reporting on Bandits, Terrorist Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has issued a directive to broadcasting platforms, to desist from reporting details of criminal attacks by bandits and insurgents across the country. NBC Director of Broadcast Monitoring, Fransica Aiyetam, in a letter to broadcast stations dated 7<sup>th<\/sup> July 2021, stated that there is need to exercise caution in the delivery of security reports, \u201c<em>as too many details may have an adverse implication on the efforts of our security officials who are duty-bound to deal with the insurgency<\/em>.\u201d Therefore, broadcast stations were enjoined to be guided by provisions of the NBC Code that prohibit the transmission of divisive materials capable of undermining the indissolubility of the Nigerian State. Further, NBC\u00a0 urged broadcasters to advise guests and analysts on media programmes not to polarise the citizenry with divisive rhetoric in the course of presenting their points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to note that\nNigeria is experiencing heightened insecurity with attacks reported on a daily\nbasis across the country. The government appears to appropriate more funds for\nsecurity agencies on a continuous basis. However, commensurate efforts in the\nfight against insecurity are yet to be seen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerns have mounted over this\ndirective, which appears to be part of the government\u2019s relentless efforts to\nstifle free speech and press freedom. It will be recalled that in June 2021, at\nthe public hearing organised by the House of Representatives on five media bills,\nthe Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made submissions, asking &nbsp;that NBC be given powers to regulate internet broadcasting and\nall online media.\nThis was criticised by media stakeholders, as well as a proposed amendment to empower the NBC to\nregulate tariffs for satellite television. Also, in June 2021, the Nigeria Union of\nJournalists (NUJ) and Media Foundation for West Africa launched a report\ntitled, \u2018<em>The\nState of Media Freedom in Nigeria<\/em>,\u2019 which documents the harassment of journalists by state actors,\nthe mysterious deaths of some journalists, raid of media houses and the general\nhostility of the Nigerian environment for media operators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The administration of the President\nBuhari-led government has been replete with attacks on the media and attempts\nto introduce more stringent regulation for the sector. Observers worry that in\naddition to these measures by the executive, legislation is also being forged as\na tool to curb press freedom. Time and again, Nigerians have cried out against\ngovernment actions directed at individuals and broadcasters alike, apparently\naimed at muzzling the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has issued a directive to broadcasting platforms, to desist from reporting details of criminal attacks by bandits and insurgents across the country. NBC Director of Broadcast Monitoring, Fransica Aiyetam, in a letter to broadcast stations dated 7th July 2021, stated that there is need to exercise caution in the delivery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[387,388],"class_list":["post-2197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-nbc-in-curious-directive-to-curb-reporting-on-bandits","tag-terrorist-attacks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2201,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions\/2201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}