Nigeria: Soyinka Rejects New NBC Code On Arts

8 July 2020

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has kicked against the sixth National Broadcast Code recently released by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), saying the code will strangulate the producers of artworks.

Soyinka, in a statement yesterday entitled "That NBC Regulatory Code!" accused the federal government of declaring war against the arts and producers of art works.

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