Kano State Government has set up a 14-man technical committee to sanitise operations of broadcast media in the state.
The state Commissioner for information Muhammad Garba who is also the Chairman of the committee, said the technical committee would, among other things, look into the issue of professional misconduct and abuse of privilege by some media organisations in the state.
“Kano State has 13 broadcast stations, which is the highest in northern Nigeria, mainly owned by individuals.That is why we set up a committee of professionals to monitor radio stations in the state in order to ensure that they adhere to broadcast code and also to sensitise them.
As a government, we are not doing this to stop people from airing their views or stop the Freedom of Information. We are doing it to sanitise the sector for the overall good of the state, ” he said.
Professor Umar Pate was appointed as co-chairman, while Commissioners for Justice and Religious Affairs, Ibrahim Mukhtar, and Dr. Muhammad Adam would serve as members, respectively.
Others are Isma’il Na’abba, Director-General, Kano State Censorship Board; representatives of the police; National Broadcasting Corporation, NBC; Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ; Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Workers Union, RATTAWU; civil society organisations, CSOs, and office of the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, among others.
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(with agency reports)