Zamfara State government has stated that all political office holders and heads of agencies must get permission before conducting interviews, issuing statements, or airing programmes on television, radio, and social media.
Also, the state government warned media organisations to desist from conducting or airing any radio or television programme without the approval of the Ministry of Information.
The commissioner of information, Mannir Haidara, in a statement, said the information ministry was highly committed to observing and monitoring all radio stations for compliance.
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The commissioner said the Zamfara state government has observed that such interviews and programmes are being done without following the right channels.
“In an effort to checkmate this behaviour, the Zamfara state Ministry of Information and Culture have decided to ban political office holder, group or head of any agencies from conducting any interview, issue statement or air a programme on radio, television stations or social media without seeking a permission from the authority.
“Moreover, the Ministry of Information and Culture is hereby calling on the media organisations based in the state to desist from conducting or airing any radio or television programmes on government’s policies for any individuals or group of people without the approval of the supervising Ministry or the Ministry of Information.”
