FG Set To Counter Illegal Radio Broadcasts

The Federal Ministry of Communications on Wednesday disclosed that government is making a move to counter seditious broadcast by rebellious groups in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement

issued by Mr Victor Oluwadamilare, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Communications and made available to newsmen. “In a move to counter seditious broadcast by rebellious groups,
which is an anathema to national security, the Federal Government is set to rehabilitate all International Radio Monitoring Stations (IRMS) across the country,’’ the statement said. It equally warned land speculators to steer clear of the IRMS property in various parts of the country. The statement explained that the IRMS facilities in the country were for security surveillance to monitor radio broadcast activities. According to it, the IRMS facility at Ipaja, Lagos covering the South-West geo-political zone was one of such strategically located stations in various parts of the country. The statement stressed that the facilities were to guide against illegal use of the radio frequency airspace for unauthorised broadcast by proscribed groups, political and ethnic-motivated dissidents. “The federal ministry of communications has adequately appropriated for rehabilitation works on the IRMS facilities across the country in the 2016 federal government budget.