The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), on Wednesday foisted the sum of N500,000  as a fine on Ekiti State Broadcasting Service for violating the ethical standards of broadcasting in the country. 

The Director-General of NBC, Malam Ishaq Modibbo Kawu made this known at a news conference on the Ekiti Governorship Election, in Abuja saying that broadcasters had an obligation to ensure that they did not disrupt the good order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the nation’s democracy. 

According to him, Ekiti State Broadcasting Service had been unprofessional in its activities, particularly in the past two weeks and the NBC cannot but take action. The D-G said the station had not been meeting ethical standard of broadcasting in airing political activities in the state.  

He said that the appointment of the Acting Director-General of Ekiti Broadcasting Service, Lere Olayinka, as the Spokesperson of Kolapo Olusola Campaign Organisation (KOCO), was not in conformity with the ethical standard of broadcasting. 

Kawu said that NBC had written to the station and drawn its attention to the violation of the code, but that words of caution were ignored.