Just yesterday, Nigerians were left agape after a viral post came on the internet that The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) had placed a ban on the songs of three popular Nigerian artiste. However, there has been an update as NBC has announced that it did not release a statement concerning the ban of any song.
The commission said it isn’t its job to ban songs, as the prerogative on whether or not to play songs lies with broadcast stations. Speaking to The Cable, Idachaba Armstrong, the Director of the commission said the ban notice of “Wo” and “Wavy Level” by Olamide, “Fall” and “If: Remix” by Davido and “Living Things” by 9ice did not come from NBC.
He said: “First of all, NBC is a commission, not a corporation. Nobody at NBC issued a statement to the effect. We can’t be issuing a statement on every album released in his country. The broadcaster has the responsibility to do the needful. NBC does not ban songs, we don’t have any business with the artistes. It is left for NBC to tell stations to ensure the songs and videos are fit for broadcast before putting them on air.”
“The whole idea of offensive vulgar lyrics. It is the responsibility of broadcasters to ensure they don’t come on air. They are supposed to do what is called gate-keeping and they should have editorial control over their content but broadcasters now carelessly air songs without exercising that editorial discretion.”
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