Following controversial intimate moments between Big Brother Naija housemates, activist lawyer Maduabuchi Idam has called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately ban or strictly regulate the ongoing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show.
Mr Idam made this call in a petition addressed to NBC’s Director General and titled “Urgent need to ban or regulate the content of the television programme described as ‘Big Brother Naija’ for obscene, indecent, and profane content, under the NBC Act 1999,” and made available on his Facebook page. According to the lawyer, the reality show BBNaija is airing real-time, explicit and pornographic content freely on television and social media, which contradicts the NBC Acts of 1999. Reports of intimate moments between Isabella and Kayikunmi after Saturday night’s party stirred controversy among netizens, raising a question about the show’s morality.
However, in his petition, Mr Idan questioned NBC’s regulatory mandate over broadcasting “brazen obscenity” and profane content by BBNaija on television and social media. “The programme, which is currently in its second week of its 10th edition, has been characterised by the brazen exhibition of real-time obscene and pornographic actions, thereby questioning the position of the NBC regarding its regulatory mandate to such television broadcasts,” the activist stated.
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