NBC Gives Approval for Full Operation of Laspotech Radio
NATIONAL Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has formally presented the licence to operate full broadcasting services to the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH 101.9FM Radio.
This was contained in a statement by Mr Olanrewaju Kuye, director, Information & Public Relations, LASPOTECH.
Dr Vincent Chibuike Ogwumike, zonal director of NBC, speaking on the occasion, noted that the LASPOTECH FM radio had a fruitful test running process which informed the eligibility to go full blast in their operations.
Dr Ogwumike, who presented the Licence formally to Mr Olumide Metilelu, acting rector , also handed over the Codes of Conducts of the commission to further guide the operations of the radio station.
The presentation ceremony also included the orientation to all staff that would participate in the operations of the radio station.
Metilelu, on behalf of the entire polytechnic community, expressed his profound gratitude to the NBC for granting the polytechnic the licence to fully operate the radio station.
He gave the assurance that the station would not breach any of the codes of the commission.
INDEPENDENT Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (IBAN) has asked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to suspend the implementation of the amended
6th broadcasting code.
Guy Murray-Bruce, the association’s secretary, in a statement, said the amendment should be subjected to a new round of wide stakeholder consultation to avoid a legal crisis.
He said the committee in charge of the amendment did not circulate a draft of its work to stakeholder groups before its ratification.
“We at The Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (IBAN) wish to make a few observations which will touch on issues of stakeholder consultations, the committee’s terms of reference vis a vis its outcome and the practicality of the amendments as enunciated,” he said.
“First of all as a vital organ of the broadcasting value chain we feel that we deserved a seat on the committee. Granted that IBAN is a part of BON, we still needed to be represented on the committee in our capacity as private sector investors in broadcasting.
“We believe that the fact that as a body the committee didn’t deem it fit to avail us with a draft of its findings before formalizing its ratification with Mr. President’s approval is somewhat demeaning. We also find that the presumably inadvertent timing of the release of the amendments in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic fears may have hampered our ability as a group to internally consult and express our views.
“We strongly feel that a draft of the committee’s work ought to have been circulated to stakeholder groups before its ratification. On the issue of the committee’s terms of reference, we find that the amendments do not reflect the core issues highlighted by the minister in his terms of reference which in the main centered on licensing of Web TV, recruitment of monitoring staff and allied issues.
“We all the same have reservations as to the practicality of implementing the amendments in their present form. We have observed what we believe could be areas of possible conflict with other government agencies due to overlapping mandates. We most humbly submit that the NBC hold off on the implementation of the amendments at this time.