Radio Biafra Signal Jammed By Nigeria
The permanent secretary, Ministry of Information, Dr. Shade Yemi-Esan has said that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has successfully jammed signals from Radio Biafra.
This follows President Mohammadu Buhari's orders to reopen federal information centers abroad to boost the Nigeria’s image abroad.
The president who has frowned at the conditions of Journalists and other media practitioners whose salaries are being delayed or outrightly not paid.
According to the Punch, this development was the outcome of a meeting between officials of the Ministry of Information and president Buhari who took briefing from them on the activities of the ministry.
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Esan who briefed Journalists after the the meeting, said president Buhari also directed that producers of Nollywood movies should be made to have uninhibited access to what is due to them to ease their work, charging the Ministry to reduce the menace of piracy.
"The Federal Ministry of Information went to tell Mr President what we have been doing. The major activities in the ministry which are geared towards publicity of government programmes and how we get the feed back from Nigerians which influences policy decisions," she said.
“We also talked to him about the nine parastatal that are under the ministry, the work they are doing and some of the challenges they face.
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“We are happy with the response we got and the concerns of Mr President on the work we are doing, especially the publicity aspect. He wants us to intensify publicity because he wants every Nigerian to know about the policies and programmes of this government," she added.
Esan stressed that “He also raised concerns about piracy in Nollywood and he has instructed us to work harder to ensure that the producers of Nollywood films get what is due to them and that we reduce piracy to the barest minimum."
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On the issue of Radio Biafra, she said “We also have a report on that. Right now the signals from radio Biafra have been jammed successfully by the NBC.
The commission is also working with security agencies to get those that are behind that radio because it is an illegal radio. It is not licensed by anybody to be on the airwave in Nigeria.”
In recent times, there have been mounting concerns over the activities of a radio station promoting
Source: Legit.ng
