A former Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Tonnie Iredia says Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, cannot regulate broadcasting in the country while he remains a politician. In his words during a Channels TV programme on Wednesday, the ex DG condemned Lais engagement in the amendment of the code of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Tuesday. This contentious code, which augmented the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million, is facing countrywide opposition and infuriation. Notable countrymen including Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Prize…
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