Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says
the federal government needs to revisit the National Broadcasting Commission
(NBC) amendment of the broadcasting code.
Osinbajo said this on Friday
during a session with Nick Clegg, vice-president of Facebook’s policy and
communication.
The code, which has stirred a lot
of controversy, seeks to regulate content exclusivity, enforce content sharing
and empower the NBC to determine prices at which content is sold to
sub-licensees by rights holders.
Also, the fine for hate speech
has been increased from N500,000 to N5 million.
Osinbajo said there is need to
take a second look at the code so as not to “stifle the work of hardworking,
creative people”.
“The NBC code is one where the is
now activity around trying to take a second look at it. Those who say that it
is pro-competition, it is one I think we should take a second look at,”
Osinbajo said.
“Basically, it says if you have a
licenced product for TV, you’re expected to share it with other platforms. It’s
one which I understand the argument of those who say this is a violation of
copyright and intellectual property which is a very strong point and this is
why I think we have to take a second look at it and see whether there are ways
of moderating it to be more acceptable so as not stifle the work of very very
hardworking, creative people.”
Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, chairman of
the NBC board, had accused Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture,
of amended the country’s broadcasting code “unilaterally” without involving
relevant stakeholders.
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