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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has set a new date to shut down broadcast stations whose licenses were revoked.
Recall that NBC had on Friday revoked the licenses of African Independent Television (AIT), Silverbird Television (STV), and 50 other television and radio stations over mounting debt.
NBC Director General, Balarabe Shehu llelah, in a statement on Saturday said the commission had extended the deadline to Wednesday August 24, following appeals from affected stations.
“This is to inform all the affected broadcast stations whose licenses were revoked and given 24 hours to pay all outstanding license fees that the National Broadcasting Commission has extended the period which all outstanding debts are to be paid from 24 hours to Wednesday, August 24.
“All affected broadcast stations who fail to defray their debts on or before August 23, 2022 are directed to shut down by 12am on August 24, 2022.
“This extension is due to the appeal by the affected broadcast stations, relevant stakeholders, public spirited individuals and organizations,” the statement read.