President Muhammadu Buhari has approved wide ranging reforms in the
broadcasting industry, including the licensing of online radio and television stations.
Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed stated this when a delegation
of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) visited him saying that
“WebTVs and radio stations, including foreign broadcasters beaming signals into
Nigeria, will be licensed to bring sanity into the industry.
He was responding to a request by BON for the review of the Broadcasting
Code.
The minister, who promised to carry along members of BON in the review of
the Broadcasting Code, restated the commitment of the present administration to
a free media.
Mohammed also appealed to BON to partner the government in the promotion of
peaceful co-existence and cohesion in order to engender progress and national
development.