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| Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. |
Lai Mohammed who is on his second time appointment as the Minister of Information and Culture said this in Abuja on Friday when members of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) visited his officce.
Responding to the request made by BON for review of the Broadcasting code, he said:
“I just want to use this opportunity to inform you that Mr President has actually already approved a review of the Broadcast Code that is going to take care of many of the issues you have already raised here,” his media aide, Segun Adeyemi, quoted the minister as saying.
Promising to carry the members of BON along in the Broadcasting code review process, he pointed out that the President has also approved that WebTvs and radio stations, including foreign broadcasters beaming signals into Nigeria, will be licensed because "sanity" must be brought into the country.
He, however, told his guests that the government supports free media but, they (BON/Press) should regulate for the sake of the country and also for the sake of the industry itself.
Mr Mohammed also appealed to BON to partner with the government in the promotion of peaceful co-existence and cohesion in order to engender progress, national development and unity of the country.
“Today, if anybody listens to what is being said on some radio or television stations, you will think that this country is at war or that Christians actually cannot live with Muslims or that there is a dichotomy between the North and the South", he said.
In his remarks, the Acting Chairman of BON, Godfrey Ohuabunwa, stating that BON is ready to work with the Government to fight fake news, congratulated the Minister, saying that the re-appointment of the minister was deserving because he brought life and great innovation to the broadcast industry during the first tenure of the administration.
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