Broadcast stations to pay N5m fine for hate speech

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed disclosed on Tuesday that a N5m fine will be slammed on any broadcast station that engages in hate speech.
In the company of the acting DG of NBC, Professor Armstrong Idachaba during the unveiling of the amended portion of the 6th edition of NBC code, also said stations that rebroadcast foreign news materials that endanger national security or national interest will be penalized.
Other provisions of the new code include
prohibition of backlog of advertising debt to
broadcasting stations.

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