LASG HOSTS Y2024 WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY TO EMPOWER, CELEBRATE WOMEN. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 LASG HOSTS Y2024 WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY TO EMPOWER, CELEBRATE WOMEN Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to advancing and empowering women, describing them as the pillars of communities, contributing in numerous ways as mothers, entrepreneurs, educators and leaders.  Governor Sanwo-Olu stated this in his keynote address at the 2024 Women's Assembly for Local Government and Local Council Development Areas organised by the Ministry of Women's Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) at the De Blue Roof, LTV 8 complex, Agindigbi Ikeja.  The Governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Governor, Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, described the Assembly as a critical platform for celebrating women’s contributions and tackling challenges affecting their well-being. He restated his administration’s commitment to prioritising women through policies and programmes aimed at economic empowerment, political inclusion, and grassroots engag...

NBC RELEASED THE BREACH PROFILE OF BROADCAST STATIONS IN NIGERIA FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2020.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

 

PRESS RELEASE
Breach Profile of Broadcasting Stations For 2nd Quarter, 2020.
“The report shows that a total of 716 infractions of the NBC Code were sanctioned by the Commission between April and June 2020”


25th.
November,2020.
The National Broadcasting Commission has released the breach profile of broadcast stations in Nigeria for the second quarter of 2020.The report shows that a total of seven hundred and sixteen {716} infractions of the Nigeria Broadcasting code were sanctioned by the commission between April and June 2020.
Out of the 716 infractions sanctioned, only 22 (3%) were financial penalty. The remaining 694 (97%) were either cautions or warnings for obscenity, political, hate speech, unverifiable claims, unprofessionalism, advertisements and technical breaches (See Breakdown attached)
Advertisement breaches were the dominant infractions for the quarter accounting for 51% of all sanctions, followed by unverifiable claims to cure by tradomedics and preachers with 17%. Unprofessionalism especially in the handling of news and current affairs programming was the third dominant breach accounting for 12% of all infractions recorded.
Twenty-two (22) penalties were imposed on nineteen (19) stations across the country during the quarter ranging from the sum of N250,000.00 - N300,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira to Three Hundred Thousand Naira) each. Seven of these were for misinformation or false health advisory about Corona-virus (COVID-19). Stations penalized in this respect were Breeze FM, Lafia, Adaba FM Akure, Midland FM Ilorin, Royal FM Ilorin and Wave FM Port Harcourt.
Ten stations were penalized for tradomedics' claim to cure serious diseases or promotion of fortune telling, namely; Sobi FM, Ilorin; EBS Radio, Benin; City FM Onitsha, FRCN (Voice FM) Nsukka; King FM, Ibadan; Fad FM, Calabar, Wazobia Max TV Port Harcourt and Radio Rivers Port Harcourt.
Penalized for endorsement of products or services by presenters were Wish FM Port Harcourt, Wazobia FM, Port Harcourt and People's FM, Yenegoa. Crowther (Love) FM Abuja was penalized for the broadcast of indecent musical while Blaze FM Oraifite and Wish FM Port Harcourt were penalized for poor handling of phone-in programmes and promotion of Ponzi scheme respectively
The report is compiled quarterly by the Directorate of Broadcast Monitoring from weekly reports filed by the 10 zonal and 25 state offices of the Commission that monitor over 600 functional broadcast stations in Nigeria.
Signed
Management.

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