Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education, has condemned the suspension of the licences of AIT and Ray Power FM stations by the National Broadcasting Commission [NBC].
Reacting to the revocation, Ezekwesili ,in a tweet on her twitter handle, said the NBC wants African Independent Television, (AIT) to carry out its functions like National Television Authority, (NTA) where all the programmes are, according to her, are pro the government in power.
The NBC, June 6th, suspended the licence of DAAR communications, owners of AIT and Raypower, on the grounds that the media house failed to abide by the ethics of broadcasting.
“My Summary of this lengthy Sanctions letter from NBC to AIT is simply this: ‘We have warned you several times in the past to stop broadcasting things that upset the Government and NBC. You refused to listen. Now we shall shut you up and down until you are ready to be like NTA
“There is nothing in that letter from NBC to AIT that reaches the threshold for withdrawal of license and shut down of a Media house that we all know Government perceives as an ‘Opposition media’. Wisdom should have actually instructed the FG against striking out at them,” she wrote
