chairman, DAAR Communications Raymond Dokpesi, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of using the National Broadcasting Commission,NBC to stifle press freedom in the country.
NBC in May sent two separate letters to Daar Communications Group, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM over programme contents it considered unprofessional.
The letters signed by the commission’s broadcast monitoring director Armstrong Idachaba accused the stations of airing “offensive, unfair and unprofessional” content in violation of broadcasting rules in Nigeria.
Dokpesi, however, questioned the NBC and the presidency on what it terms hate speech and violation of ethics of professional broadcasting.
Dokpesi, who pioneered ownership of private media houses in Nigeria, also lamented the imposition of N500m in licensing fees to private broadcasting organisations while government-owned broadcasters paid N10m.
