Trust Tv And BBC Get Ready For Sanctions Over Documentaries-FG

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The Federal Government says it will sanction Trust TV, a television station owned by Media Trust Group, and the BBC over their stories on bandits in the North.

Trust Tv and BBC Africa Eye in separate documentaries exposed the activities of terrorists and their gangs making life difficult for the Nigerian populace.

While speaking to journalists on Thursday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the documentaries made available by the two media outlets promoted terrorism in the country.

He said the appropriate regulatory body was already looking at the infractions and appropriate sanctions would be meted out to both platforms.

“There is a regulatory body regulating broadcasting which is the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and they are also aware of these two incidents.

“They are looking at which part of the Broadcasting Code has been violated by the BBC and Trust TV. Media is the oxygen that terrorists and bandits use to breathe.

“When otherwise reputable platforms like BBC can give their platform to terrorists showing their faces as if they are Nollywood stars, it is unfortunate.

“I want to assure them that they will not get away with it, appropriate sanctions will be meted to both the BBC and the Trust Tv,” Mohammed said.

Mohammed further stated that in as much as BBC is a foreign media station and not under NBC regulations, sanctions will still be meted to them. medium.

“Let me assure you that they will not get away with the naked glorification of terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. If they are not registered in Nigeria and they are only sending their signals to Nigeria, we will ask them to stop sending the signals.

“I know that during the IRA days, the BBC will not dare do what they are doing now in Nigeria. It is because there is a country called Nigeria that they are operating here,” he said.