By M.O.Idam
I am pleased to announce that the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has just responded to my Petition/Pre-Action Notice to Ban or Regulate “Big Brother Naija Reality TV show.”
I commend the Commission’s swift response and assurance to take “vital decisions” in respect of my complaints, even as I demand that the decision be communicated timeously to salvage the already threatened public Order, decency, and norms.
Without attempting to sound like a moral police, I further insist that the program can be banned outrightly or strictly regulated to satisfy ONLY the viewing pleasure of its consumers without consciously or accidentally compromising the values and standards of the majority of Nigerians including children and young persons who are likely to be offended or affected by its explicit contents recklessly broadcasted both on television and on the Internet by the host company.
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While I await the decision to be communicated as assured on this matter, I insist that the NBC should be timeous in its decision to meet the thirty 30 days Notice given, as I shall not hesitate to seek the intervention of the court at the expiration of the Notice already issued.
May posterity be our Judge.
M.O.Idam
NBC needs to move beyond talk and take real action—either regulate BBNaija to protect public morals and children or take it off air completely.