The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari.
President Buhari replaced Idachaba with Mr. Balarabe Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster as the Director-General
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday.
He said Mr Ilelah’s appointment was for five years tenure in the first instance.
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The statement was signed and made available to newsmen by Mr Segun Adeyemi, the Special Assistant to the President (Media), Office of the Minister of Information and Culture.
Recall that in 2020 Idachaba was appointed as Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) after the sacking of Modibbo Kawu who was suspended for alleged financial misconduct.
Prof Idachaba on Monday had said that it would be unpatriotic for any broadcaster in Nigeria to continue to patronise the suspended Twitter as a source of its information.
Acccording to him, section 2 (1) of the NBC Act entrusts the Commission with responsibility to ensure strict adherence to the national laws, rules and regulations.
“Consequent on the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government over the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining the corporate existence of Nigeria,
“Therefore, strict compliance is enjoined and in Compliance to the above directive, Broadcasting Stations are hereby advised to de- install twitter handles.
“They are to desist from using twitter as a source (UGC) of information gathering for News and programmes Presentation especially Phone-in.
“Also, section 3.11.2 of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code provides that the broadcaster shall ensure that law enforcement is upheld at all times in a matter depicting that law and order are socially superior to or more desirable than Crime and Anarchy.
“Attention is also drawn to section 5.6.3 of the code which requires broadcasters to be mindful of materials that may cause disaffection, incite to panic or rift in the society in the use of a user generated Content (UGC),” the statement read in part.
