From Victor Osula, Abuja
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has queried Channels Television over the the recent interview it granted the governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom. The programme was the stations ‘Sunrise Daily’, aired on Tuesday.
According to the broadcasting regulator’s Director General, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, the interview included “inciting, divisive and unfair comments, which were not thoroughly interrogated by the anchors.” The Commission said these lapses violated certain broadcasting codes on fairness, use of temperate language and focus in treating a topic with clarity and objectivity.
Governor Ortom, while featured as a guest on Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, had condemned the way in which some critical issues were being managed by President Buhari.
Ortom had during the interview, described President Buhari as the worst when it comes to handling security matters.
On the attacks by suspected herdsmen, the governor alleged that the President had an agenda to ‘fulanise’ the country, adding that the late former Presidents Shehu Shagari and Umar Yar’Adua, as Nigerian leaders of Fulani extraction, were better than President Buhari in terms of security.
NBC further said; “Consequently, Channels TV is required to explain why appropritae sanction should not be applied for these infractions of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code. Your response shall reach the Commission within 24 hrs of receipt of this letter
