The National Broadcasting Commission has shut down Vision
FM, an Abuja-based radio station.
The station was shutdown for discussing the controversial
extension of the tenure of Director General, National Intelligence Agency
(NIA), Rufai Abubakar and his alleged incompetence.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), in a letter
addressed to Vision FM’s Managing Director on Wednesday, noted that it
sanctioned the broadcasting outfit for airing a content against the country’s
national security in one of its programmes, ‘Idon Mikiya’ on January5, 2022.
It added that the station breached section 39 (3) (b) of the
1999 constitution which imposed restrictions on issues relating to government
security services or agencies.
The letter reads, “Your discussion of issues, including
appointments of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) constitutes a breach of
the provision of section 39 (3) (b) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, which imposes restrictions on matters concerning
government security services or agencies established by law.”
The commission, therefore, fined the media outlet N5 million
and suspended the programme for six months, commencing from January 28, 2022.
The letter observed that transmitting trade secrets and
other issues regarding a national security agency was an act prejudicial to the
country’s national security.
The President had in December extended the tenure of Mr.
Rufai as the DG of NIA, despite internal protests against his reappointment.
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