Buhari's Regime Proposes One-Year Jail Term For Violators Of Amended Broadcasting Bill | Sahara Reporters

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SaharaReporters obtained the Bill for the amendment of the NBC Act CAP N11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2010, which spelt out that the NBC now has powers to enforce jail terms on violators in addition to fines for breaching any of its provisions.

Media organisations, personnel and workers who violate sections of the amended National Broadcasting Commission Act, which is still being considered by the National Assembly, will get one-year jail term, in addition to other punishments.

The bill seeks to amend the Section 2 of the Principal Act, saying, “The Section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by totally deleting the existing Section 2 by replacing it or substituting it with a new Section 2 and 2A which shall read as follows; Checks by SaharaReporters into the bill showed that another section stated that “any person who acts in breach of the subsection 1 of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to; one, a fine not less than the fee for the relevant licence; two, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year; three, both fine and imprisonment and four; forfeiture to the commission of the property, facilities, installations and equipment used for the provision and operation of the unlicensed...

 

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Cell go full na

Mentally sick government 😪

Useless man. Can’t fix the country

Just imagine, is this our problem.

buhari government is worst government I ever see

You no go die well

God punish you sir. MBuhari

What a shame, in 2021 when countries are learning about AI(artificial intelligence). All Buhari is talking about is cow and how to gag Nigerians.

... Boko HARAM & Bandits.. How many years e go be 🏃‍♂️'www. TaCkLe from da source. com. 🚶‍♂️Ire o!

M.buhari needs an idea from elementary school students because his whole team has ran out of ideas

Dm for forex trading 💹 training

The door go soon close. Make una do anyhow una like.

It will never work in this country, this is democracy even though clueless Buhari thinks we still in military

While the government and the military are begging Boko Haram and bandit to come for peace talks..

That proposal should be challenge in the court of law before those moron in national assembly passed it. It's human rights violation. This is why southern and northern Nigeria should cease to co exist.

Dictator in making 🙌🙌🙌

realchidoski Federal govt should build more jails... a lawless country is a lawless country there’s nothing you can do abt it.

Lol, bring it on atleast I will have the opportunity to be in jail with our celebrities because I don't usually have money to buy tickets for their shows

This rotten thing called Nigeria is a bad news. It causes sorrow and heartbreak every single minute

But they are begging herdsmen and boko haram, it is well

Before any case is decided, he will be in his Daura ranch cavorting with his animals -a place that should have been his natural abode.

The tyrant is plotting

Everything jail, ban...just to stifle public opinion, agbaya oshi

Sahara u na no dey tired everyday Buhari Buhari haba😩

1983 all over again. This isn't the enemy

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