The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
has said it did not ban songs of Olamide, Davido and 9ice, and also read more....
did
not issue a statement to that effect. A ban notice on ‘Wo’ and ‘Wavy
Level’ by Olamide, ‘Fall’ by Davido and ‘Living Things’ by 9ice has been
circulating on social media for some days. Director of broadcast
monitoring, Idachaba Armstrong told TheCable that the commission has
nothing to do with the news of the ban.
Armstrong said, “First of all, NBC is a commission, not a corporation.
“Nobody
at NBC issued a statement to the effect. We can’t be issuing a
statement on every album released in his country. The broadcaster has
the responsibility to do the needful.
“NBC does not ban
songs, we don’t have any business with the artistes. It is left for NBC
to tell stations to ensure the songs and videos are fit for broadcast
before putting them on air.” He added that it was the responsibility of the broadcast stations to filter offensive songs.
“The whole idea of offensive vulgar lyrics. It is the responsibility of broadcasters to ensure they don’t come on air,” he said.
“They
are supposed to do what is called gate-keeping and they should have
editorial control over their content but broadcasters now carelessly air
songs without exercising that editorial discretion. “They abdicate that
responsibility and then expect us to start chasing them.”
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