Discrimination: Enang seeks action against A/ Ibom Broadcasting Corporation

The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has been asked to clampdown on the Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation (Radio and Television) Services over discriminatory political programmes.

The Chairman Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Ita Enang, stated this in a letter to the Director General of the Commission in Abuja.

Enang lamented that the state radio and television services have unduly concentrated on the news and programmes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the utter exclusion of other political parties in the state.

He stated that the development was not only unhealthy but a negation of the political broadcast code which mandates all broadcasting outfits to give equal visibility to all political parties.

He called on the NBC to ensure that the practice is halted or in the alternative withdraw their licences and reassign their broadcast frequency.

He said the situation is capable of throwing the state into an unfathomable crisis if not redressed urgently.