Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission, Alhaji Balarabe Ileilah said about 159 new Television station and Radio stations have been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ileilah disclosed this on Tuesday stating that the media houses that were approved includes stations of private companies, communities and institutions of higher learning.
In a statement which was signed and made available to journalists in Abuja, the DG said, the approval has made the NBC to release operational licenses to the 159 of the newly approved media outlets.
The statement read: “The Commission was established by the NBC ACT, Cap. N11, Laws of the Federation 2004 with the mandate to regulate and control broadcasting in Nigeria.
“Today, there are a total of 625 functional broadcast stations in Nigeria.”
He further said that the newly-approved licenses were those of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro (Radio), Prospective Union of Reno People (Radio), Smile Community Radio Initiative and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Radio.
The D-G said licenses for Dudu African Broadcasting Communications Ltd., Independent Television, Prince Media Network, Jamkat Integrity Investment Ltd., Hikima Media Services, and Galaxy Television and Radio were also approved.
“Others are H-i Fidelity Communications, B360 Nigeria Ltd., Communication Faculties Ltd., Godfrey Okoye University Radio, Art Broadcasting Company, Hamdana Media, Sunshine Radio, Blue Print Newspapers Ltd., NV Broadcasting Company Ltd. among others.
