IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The National Broadcasting Commission has temporarily suspended the shutdown of broadcast stations owing the Federal government across the country.
The regulatory agency said that the decision to suspend its initial shutdown of the indebted stations followed the responses received from the affected stations.
NBC had directed about 52 broadcast outfits, including the African Independent Television, Silverbird Television and the broadcasting corporations run by various state governments to shut down their operations.
The NBC Director General, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, announced the suspension in a statement on Friday.
The statement read, “Sequel to a follow-up meeting held with Executives of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria, and other critical Stakeholders in the industry, the Commission has decided to temporarily suspend the shutdown of the indebted Broadcast stations all over the Country.
“We express our profound appreciation to the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, the affected licensees and Broadcast Stakeholders for their responses and interventions. We, specifically, thank DAAR Communications Ltd and Silverbird TV/Rhythm FM for their responses.
“The Commission is not unaware of the difficulties this shutdown must have caused the operators and other stakeholders but must state that the Commission will always operate within the National Broadcasting Commission Act, Cap. N11, Laws of the Federation, 2004.”