BEVERLY HILLS, July 26, (THEWILL) – Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Cultural Orientation, has dismissed a news report that he directed the National Broadcast Commission (NBC) to stop the broadcast of Big Brother Naija in the country.
His spokesman, Segun Adeyemi in a phone interview with website Ripples Nigeria, said the report lacked truth and was based on speculation.
He said: “The report was not credited to the minister. That statement is not credited to the minister. We will not dignify speculative reports; if a minister issues a directive, it will not be issued verbally.
“There’s going to be a memo to that effect that he will send; anybody that is sure that the minister made that statement should provide a memo.
“Like I said earlier, we will not dignify speculative report; if you tune your satellite TV to channel 198, I am sure Big Brother Naija is still airing, contrary to the speculative report that the minister has ordered NBC to suspend the show.”
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Also, the NBC’s Acting Director-General, Dr Armstrong Idachaba, said the report is untrue.
THEWILL reports that the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) had recently called for the show to be cancelled, describing it as evil and immoral.
