FG’s Decision To Suspend Channels TV Proves Its High-Handedness In Power – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has come out to say that the suspension and fine of N5 million slammed by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, on Channels Television over alleged violation of the national broadcasting code is draconian.

This was recently revealed in a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the party, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the fact that APC was hasty in its decision suggests that the ruling party has been intolerant and high-handed since it took over power.

He added that PDP is worried that such a decision could be counter-productive and heighten the already tensed situation in our nation at this critical time

His words, “Our party is worried that such disposition could be counter-productive and heighten the already tensed situation in our nation at this critical time.”

“The PDP therefore urges the NBC to review the punitive measure on the media house as well as scale up system-friendly measure that will ensure best practices in information dissemination in our country.”

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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is a major contemporary political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. It won every Presidential election between 1999 and 2011, and was until the 2015 elections, the governing party in the Fourth Republic although in some cases, amid a few controversial electoral circumstances. Currently, PDP controls 14 states out of 36 states in Nigeria.

In 1998 the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria norminated former military leader Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been released from detention as political prisoner as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with Atiku Abubakar (Governor-Elect of Adamawa State and a former leading member of the Social Democratic Party) as his running mate. They won the presidential election and were inaugurated 29 May, 1999.

The longtime slogan of the People’s Democratic Party has been “Power to the people”. During the party’s National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 21 May 2016, David Mark, a former President of the Senate of Nigeria, introduced “Change the change” as the party’s campaign slogan for the 2019 general elections.