The National Broadcasting Commission,(NBC) has slammed N3 million naira sanction each on Arise, Channels and Africa Independent television(AIT) Television Stations, for alleged violation of broadcasting code in reporting the #EndSARS protests.
Acting Director-General of the NBC, Armstrong Adachaba, made the disclosure at a news conference on Monday in Abuja.
Idachaba said the sanction would serve as deterrent to broadcasters who did not verify news stories before broadcasting.
He said the commission was concerned about the professional misdemeanor of some broadcasting stations in the past couple of days.
“In line with the provision of section 5.6.9 of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code which states that the broadcaster shall be held liable for any breach of the code emanation from the use of material from User Generated Sources, the commission, therefore, sanctioned Arise TV, Channels TV and AIT in line with the provision of the broadcasting code.
It would be recalled that during the wake of Endsars protest, Arise news,AIT and channels were given timely report both live and social media report to keep Nigerians abreast of developments but unfortunately, it was later discovered that some social media reports were untrue.
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