DAAR Communications PLC, owners and operators of Africa
Independent Television, Raypower FM and Faaji Radio, has said that they will go
to court to challenge the National Broadcasting Commission’s stance on the
suspension of Twitter announced by the Federal Government once the strike by
the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria is over.
They made this known in a statement issued on Monday, signed
by the management of the media conglomerate.
The statement said the ban by the FG does not represent any
law as contemplated by the National Broadcasting Code.
AIT, Raypower and Faaji Radio have suspended the use of their Twitter handles but will challenge the NBC directives in court as soon as judiciary workers suspend their ongoing strike.
Recall that the NBC, in a statement on Monday, directed all
broadcast stations across the nation to suspend their patronage of Twitter and
stop using it as a source of news. The directive also demands that they
deactivate their accounts on the microblogging site.
This followed the ban of Twitter operations in Nigeria by
the Federal Government over the use of the platform for ‘activities that are
capable of undermining the corporate existence of Nigeria’.
NBC quoted from Sections 2 (1), 3.11.2 as well as 5.6.3 of
the NBC Act.
Read DAAR’s full response: PRESS
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