HOW JONATHAN SACKED ME BECAUSE I REFUSED TO
AIR HATE CAMPAIGN – NTA EX DG
The immediate past acting director-general of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Mr. Musa Mayaki, has revealed that he was issued several queries and rebuked by the presidency of the immediate past administration for daring to censor abusive and inciting comments made by some prominent members of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during on-air campaigns.
Mayaki, who was the acting director-general of the NTA between 2012 and 2014, was not confirmed as the substantive DG; he was, instead, removed and replaced by the incumbent, Mr. Sola Omole.
He said that on several occasions, he was queried by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s chief of staff (CoS), Chief Mike Oghiadomhe, for trying to prevent live transmission of some very abusive comments and hate speeches made by some members of the then ruling.
He added that what saved him from being fired much earlier was the intervention of the then minister of information, Labaran Maku, who, as a professional journalists himself, understood that he (Mayaki) was doing the right thing.
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