Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has asked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to disclose the status of payment of license fees by all broadcasting stations and platforms operating in Nigeria, and the amount of indebtedness of each of the stations owing license fees.
In a request made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, and signed by its Communications Officer, Idowu Adewale, MRA asked NBC to provide it with a list of all broadcasting stations and platforms operating in Nigeria licensed by the Commission and the amount that each of the licensed stations is required to pay as license fees.
The FOI request was addressed to the Director-General of the Commission, Balarabe Ilehah.
MRA requested in the application the status of payment of each of the licensed broadcasting stations from the date of its license to the date of the request.
It added that for those licensed broadcasting stations that are indebted, the Commission should disclose the amount of indebtedness of each of the stations and the period covered by the amount.
Besides, the organization said for broadcasting corporations that are owned by various state governments, which were included in the list of broadcasting stations as announced by the Director-General in his press briefing on Friday, August 19, the NBC should provide a breakdown of the amount owed by each of the radio and television stations.
…the Commission should disclose the amount of indebtedness of each of the stations and the period covered by the amount.
