{"id":44883,"date":"2021-06-10T13:33:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=44883"},"modified":"2021-06-10T13:33:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:33:46","slug":"apply-for-licence-nbc-tells-all-social-media-platforms-and-online-broadcasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/10\/apply-for-licence-nbc-tells-all-social-media-platforms-and-online-broadcasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for licence, NBC tells ALL social media platforms and online broadcasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed all social media platforms and online broadcasting service providers operating in Nigeria to apply for broadcast licence.<\/p>\n<p>This directive was issued by Armstrong Idachaba, the NBC director-general and revealed in a newspaper advertorial published on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This is coming days after the federal government announced that\u00a0Twitter and other social media platforms must register as a Nigerian company for them \u201cto do business in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It re-echoes concerns raised by allegations that the Buhari administration is clamping down on free speech and internet freedom \u2014 the government denies this.<\/p>\n<p>Idachaba said in the advertorial that the NBC establishment code empowers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/09\/just-in-bauchi-gov-sacks-21-commissioners-top-officials\/\">commission<\/a> to ask the companies to be licensed.<\/p>\n<p>Section two (b) of the NBC act of 2004 states: \u201c(1) The Commission shall have [the] responsibility of: Receiving, processing and considering applications for the establishment, ownership or operation of radio and television stations including (i) cable television services, direct satellite broadcast and any other medium of broadcasting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The advertorial reads: \u201cThe National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) hereby directs every Online Broadcast Service provider and Social Media Platforms operating within the Nigerian State to apply and obtain broadcast licence for their service(s).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNote that any Online Broadcast Service Provider that fails to obtain a licence will be considered an illegal entity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not immediately clear whether the directive applies strictly to only broadcast organisations or not.<\/p>\n<p>Franca Aiyetan, NBC spokesman, declined to speak on the matter when contacted by TheCable on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Although no direction has been drawn, the government moved to license social media companies after Twitter took down a tweet\u00a0by President Muhammadu Buhari, after stating that the message violates its policy.<\/p>\n<p>In the tweet, the president had threatened to treat Nigerians \u201cmisbehaving\u201d in \u201cthe language they understand\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after the incident, the federal government suspended Twitter in Nigeria and\u00a0directed NBC to \u201cimmediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC also directed broadcast stations to stop using Twitter, saying it\u00a0\u201cwill be unpatriotic for any broadcaster in Nigeria to continue to patronise\u201d the microblogging site.<\/p>\n<p>The action heightens concerns about press freedom which were raised after the commission reviewed its code to,\u00a0among other things, increase the <span class=\"s2\">fine for \u201chate speech\u201d from N500,000 to N5 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A number of media houses have been sanctioned in line with the code which many\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">Nigerians and groups said targets press freedom and critics of the Buhari administration.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed all social media platforms and online broadcasting service providers operating in Nigeria to apply for broadcast licence. 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