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General News of Sunday, 26 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Lai Mohammed denies ordering NBC to suspend BBNaija

Lai Mohammed Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has denied giving an order to the National Broadcasting Corporation, NBC, to suspend the airing of BBNaija reality TV show.

An online news platform had reported that the minister gave the order to the Acting Director-General of the NBC, Armstrong Idachaba, over fears of housemates contracting COVID-19.

Lai Mohammed through his media aide, Segun Adeyemi, has now described the report as a "lie".

“The report was not credited to the minister. That statement is not credited to the minister. We will not dignify speculative reports; if a minister issues a directive, it will not be issued verbally.

“There’s going to be a memo to that effect that he will send; anybody that is sure that the minister made that statement should provide a memo.

“Like I said earlier, we will not dignify speculative report; if you tune your satellite TV to channel 198, I am sure Big Brother Naija is still airing, contrary to the speculative report that the minister has ordered NBC to suspend the show,” a statement read.