Court Bars NBC From Imposing Fines On Broadcast Stations.
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has barred the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines on broadcast stations in Nigeria.
Justice James Omotosho in his ruling on Wednesday, gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining NBC from imposing fines, henceforth, on broadcast stations in the country.
In his judgement, Justice James Omotosho voided the N500,000 fine imposed individually on 45 broadcast stations on March 1, 2019.
The judge said NBC is not a court of law, and therefore, lacks the power to impose sanctions as punishment on broadcast stations.
He described the NBC Code, which gives the commission the power to impose sanctions, as being in conflict with Section 6 of the Constitution which vests judicial power in the court of law.
He said the NBC Code does not confer judicial powers on the commission.
