Following the murder of about 9 female health
workers by unknown gunmen in Kano state on Friday 8th February 2013, the
Nigeria Broadcast Commission, yesterday, withdrew the station’s broadcast
license.
The withdrawal of the license means that no fewer
than 16 Journalists may have lost their job and the affected staff includes 9
presenters and 6 newsroom staff.
The station ran into troubled waters when it aired a
controversial programme “Sanda Girma” which authorities claimed incited
violence against the polio workers.
Presenter of the programme, Yakubu Musa, was
reported to have said that immunization against polio was anti-Islam and part
of a Western conspiracy to cause infertility.
The death of the health workers led to the arrest of
two Wazobia FM journalists including the presenter and a news room staff, Malam
Mubaraq, who were arraigned for their alleged role in the saga.
Via Naijamayor
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