A group, Concerned Citizens of Akwa Ibom State (CCAIS), has protested the various broadcast violations by the state-funded broadcast media and has consequently written a strong-worded petition to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), a federal agency saddled with the responsibility of regulating broadcasting in Nigeria.
A statement issued by Austin Akan, the group, among other things, is accusing the state-funded radio and television stations of not only giving ample airtime to the government of the day, the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its agents but completely blank out other political parties and individuals who are not sympathetic to the government or the PDP and its agents.
In a protest letter titled: “Protest over Broadcast Violations in Akwa Ibom State”, the petition signed by Austin Akan and Emmanuel Ukpong, Chairman and Secretary respectively, the group draws the attention of the NBC to the flagrant abuse of the broadcast codes in the operations of the state radio and television stations.
They specifically mentioned that the two stations have been very unprofessional, bias, discriminating, unfair and unethical in the coverage of events and programmes in the state.
