Nigeria Jams Radio Biafra Signals

National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has successfully jammed signals
from Radio Biafra, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information,
Dr. Shade Yemi-Esan has said.

This is as President Mohammadu Buhari has ordered the reopening of
federal information centers abroad to boost the Nigeria's image
abroad.

The president also frowned at the conditions of Journalists and other
media practitioners whose salaries are being delayed or outrightly not
paid.

The development was the outcome of a meeting between officials of the
Ministry of Information and president Buhari who took briefing from
them on the activities of the ministry.

According to Esan who briefed Journalists after the the meeting,
president Buhari also directed that producers of Nollywood movies
should be made to have uninhibited access to what is due to them to
ease their work, charging the Ministry to reduce the menace of piracy.

She said "The Federal Ministry of Information went to tell Mr
President what we have been doing. The major activities in the
ministry which are geared towards publicity of government programmes
and how we get the feed back from Nigerians which influences policy
decisions.

"We also talked to him about the nine parastatal that are under the
ministry, the work they are doing and some of the challenges they
face.

"We are happy with the response we got and the concerns of Mr
President on the work we are doing, especially the publicity aspect.
He wants us to intensify publicity because he wants every Nigerian to
know about the policies and programmes of this government.

"He also raised concerns about piracy in Nollywood and he has
instructed us to work harder to ensure that the producers of Nollywood
films get what is due to them and that we reduce piracy to the barest
minimum.

On Radio Biafra, she said "We also have a report on that. Right now
the signals from radio Biafra have been jammed successfully by the
NBC.

The commission is also working with security agencies to get those
that are behind that radio because it is an illegal radio. It is not
licensed by anybody to be on the airwave in Nigeria."

—Vanguard