Polls: NBC warns broadcast stations against airing inciting jingles

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned broadcast stations in the country against airing inciting jingles ahead of the general elections.
Zonal Director of the NBC, Mrs Franca Aiyetan, gave the warning in Ilorin, Kwara state .
Mrs Aiyetan also warned that any broadcast station that aired abusive jingles or advertisements would be sanctioned either by fine or outright closure.
She, therefore, urged the electronic media to be more responsive and proactive in the discharge of their duties and should not allowed themselves to be bought over by politicians .
Mrs Aiyetan, who is the Zonal Director of NBC in charge of Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, said that the commission had organised various workshops and training programmes for broadcasters on the need to abide by the NBC codes.
According to her, the social media platform is not practising professional journalism and advised against relying on all information from the social media .
Mrs Aiyetan appealed to states that are yet to key into the digital process to do so, saying that digitisation would create room for clarity of signals and increase in channels.
She commended the efforts of the Plateau and Ekiti State governments in this direction and equally praised the efforts of the Kwara State Broadcasting Corporation (Radio Kwara) and Kwara Television Service for working assiduously to equally key into the digitisation process.