Online Radio, TV Stations to get licence-Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved extensive reformsin the broadcasting industry, including the licencing of online radio and television stations.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Friday when he received members of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) on a courtesy visit in Abuja.

Responding to a request made by BON for the review of the Broadcasting Code, he said, “I just want to use this opportunity to inform you that Mr President has actually already approved a review of the Broadcast Code that is going to take care of many of the issues you have already raised here.”

“In particular, the President has approved that WebTVs and radio stations, including foreign broadcasters beaming signals into Nigeria, will be licensed because we must bring sanity into this industry.

“Mr President has also approved a wide range of reforms in the industry which, at the appropriate platform, I will let you know,” he was quoted as saying in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi.

The minister promised to carry along members of BON in the review of the Broadcasting Code, added that the Buhari regime was committed to free media.

He stated, “I have said it on many platforms that this administration is not about to gag the press. No! But we will appeal to the press to please self-regulate for the sake of this country and also for the sake of the industry itself.”

Lai Mohammed also appealed to BON to partner with the government in the promotion of peaceful co-existence and cohesion in order to engender progress and national development.

He said, “Today if anybody listens to what is being said on some radio or television stations, you will think that this country is at war or that Christians actually cannot live with Muslims, or that there is a dichotomy between the North and the South.

“I think we need to appeal to you to use your platforms for the unity and cohesion of the country.”

In his remarks, the acting Chairman of BON, Godfrey Ohuabunwa, commended the minister on his re-appointment by the President.

He also promised the preparation of the broadcasting body to key into the government’s agenda, especially the fight against fake news.

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