The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to urge the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to withdraw the revocation order on debtor stations.
Recall that NBC had on Friday stated that licenses of the debtor broadcast stations had been revoked and they had within twenty-four hours to shut down operations, but later extended it till Wednesday.
SERAP, in a letter signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, called for the withdrawal of the revocation order.
The group urged President Buhari to urgently instruct the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the National Broadcasting Commission to urgently withdraw the threat to revoke the licenses and shut down the operations of fifty-three stations over alleged failure to renew their licenses, arguing that the threat is neither necessary nor proportionate, and if carried out, would offend the legal principles of equity and equality of access to mass communication.
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