The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has withdrawn the broadcast licences of Africa Independent Television (AIT), Silverbird TV, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM amongst others over failure to renew their broadcast licences and debt of over N2.6bn
Director General Mallam Balarabe Shehu disclosed this on Friday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja and directed its state offices to liaise with security agencies to ensure the shut down of the operation of these stations within the next 24 hours.
He explained that the stations owe a total of N2.6bn and some of the affected stations are yet to renew their licences since 2015.
“This is the first batch, there are those who have not renewed their licence since 2015, 2016 and 2017. We are asking them to come and pay their licence fees,” he said.
He went on to warn that all stations that have not renewed their licences should do so in 30 days to avoid sanction.
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