The National Broadcasting Commission has been faulted by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) for shutting down and fining Vision FM, an Abuja based radio station.

The Federal Government sanctioned the Abuja-based radio station over a conversation on ‘Idon Mikiya’.

The Hausa program discussed the reappointment of Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).

President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision has actually been opposed by aggrieved security officials and stakeholders.

In a letter, some NIA authorities recalled that Abubakar left service in 2012, 6 years prior to he was called DG.

“He was compulsorily retired after failing his promo examinations, from Deputy Director to Director, three (3) times consecutively.

“This appointment brought a type of a extremely odd and uncomfortable relationship between the Directors and dg”, it read in part.

Irked by the consideration on Idon Mikiya, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) knocked a N5million fine on Vision FM.

The NBC likewise suspended the program for 6 months, starting from January 28, 2022.

In a declaration on Thursday, CISLAC Director advised President Buhari to call the NBC to purchase.

The activist stated that level of intolerance and impunity was leaving hand in spite of having no place in a democracy.

He told the federal government to raise the suspension and promote the arrangements of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

Rafsanjani declared that the NBC action “exposes the government’s illicit desire to gag journalism, block totally free speech and turn Nigeria into a Police State”

He advised the Buhari administration that its emergence was an outcome of press freedom and vibrancy of the civil society.

Rafsanjani, Head of Transparency International, Nigeria and Chairman of Amnesty International, Nigeria, encouraged the NBC to manage its regulatory function expertly and with restraint.

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