The Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), last week, raised a cry that the broadcast industry was facing very uncertain times in the country. Ironically, most of the problems seem to be coming from the curator of the industry, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) which, by law, is charged with the regulation, protection and promotion of the industry.
BON is the umbrella body sheltering public and private broadcasting organisations in the country.
In two separate letters addressed to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the NBC, respectively, BON accused the regulator of flouting its own rules in superintending the industry and, in the process, create chaos and uncertainties for the operators.
Although there were always residual skirmishes between the industry and the regulator, matters seem to have come to a head under the…
