Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo has accused the opposition of being behind the recent vandalization of the state broadcast station at Ochaja.
Fanwo made this known while speaking at a sensitization program organised by National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sensitize broadcast stations in the state on their roles at ensuring free, fair and credible elections.
He charged the Police and other security agencies to ensure perpetrators are brought to book.
“The people must know that broadcast corporation are partners of government in public enlightenment and sensitization.”
“It is senseless and a matter of politics taken too far for political actors to vandalize a broadcast station. We call on the Police to ensure that those behind the insane act are brought to book,” he said.
Fanwo assured NBC of the readiness of the state government to support the Commission in ensuring that broadcast stations uphold the rules aimed at ensuring credible poll ahead of the governorship election in the state.
The Information Commissioner charged broadcast stations to remain committed to making their platforms available for all political parties and candidates in order to create a level playing ground for all.
Earlier at the event the Director General of NBC, Mal. Balarabe Shehu Ilela who was represented by the Director, Broadcast Monitoring, Mrs Francesca Aiyetan said the Commission is prepared as always to ensure broadcast stations operates according to the rules in the interest of Nigeria.
She said ethnic and religious profiling are unacceptable and the the Commission will always rise up to the occasion in defending the ethics of broadcasting.
On her part, the Zonal Director of the NBC, Pauline Ehusani said the Commission must be alive to her gatekeeping roles in order to maintain sanity in the industry.
The sensitization was attended by the Commissioner of Police in the State, the INEC Resident Electoral Commission, the leadership of the NUJ and other stakeholders.
