The National Broadcasting Commission today,16th September, 2020, convened a meeting with sister regulatory agencies in the bid to stop the circulation of Same- Sex Content in the Nigerian Space. Same sex content negates provisions of the Same- Sex Prohibition Act 2013.
The collaborative effort is intended to closeranks with relevant agencies in other to rid the Nigerian Media Space of harmful and unwholesome content such as the so called Lesbian movie “IFE” from our airwaves / Online Platforms.
The Ag. Director General, NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, who was represented by the Director, Broadcast Monitoring, Dr. Tony Anigala, noted, in his opening remarks, that the meeting is to fashion out modalities and appropriate methodology for the joint regulation of this particular Content and other related issues that may emerge in the Converging Media Environment.
Dr. Anigala added that this trend must be curbed in other to Protect the Cultural Values and Morals of the Nigerian Society.
The meeting, which was Convened by the Directorate of Broadcast Research and Planning of the NBC, had in attendance representatives of National Film and Video Census Board,(NFVCB), Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC),Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), and
National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA).