Following the shutting down of 4 Media Houses By Governor of Zamafara State, the national Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has demand for the immediate reopening of the media houses closed down by the state Governor.
Goldennewsng reports that the National Broadcasting Commission said this after Matawalle had claimed he closed down the media houses based on security reasons.
Reacting, NBC asked the governor to tender an apology as he has no power to give such order.
NBC, which is the federal government agency in charge of regulations of broadcast media in the country, said the shutdown of operations of some of its licensees by the Zamfara state government is illegal.
The agency in a statement on Sunday signed by its Director General Balarabe Shehu Ilelah urged the state government to hasten to reverse the closure and apologise to the citizens of the state.
“The NBC has clearly notified the state government of the gravity of the illegality and requested it to expeditiously reverse the directive and apologise to the people of the state,” Ilelah said.
The NBC boss also said the commission would resist any attempt to cause a breach of law and order through the misuse of broadcast media before, during, and after the 2023 elections.
