We Are Not Responsible For The Banning Of 'Wo!' And Other Songs - NBC Speak Out

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has debunked media reports that it banned the hit songs of Olamide, Davido and 9ice. This report have been on social media in the last few days.


Director of broadcast monitoring, NBC, Idachaba Armstrong, in a new interview told The Cable that the ban on ‘Wo’ and ‘Wavy Level’ by Olamide, 'IF' (remix) ‘Fall’ by Davido and ‘Living Things’ by 9ice did not was not done by the commission. Read his full words below.

“First of all, NBC is a commission, not a corporation. Nobody at NBC issued a statement to the effect. We can’t be issuing a statement on every album released in his country. The broadcaster has the responsibility to do the needful. NBC does not ban songs, we don’t have any business with the artists. It is left for NBC to tell stations to ensure the songs and videos are fit for broadcast before putting them on air. It is the responsibility of broadcasters to ensure they don’t come on air. They are supposed to do what is called gate-keeping and they should have editorial control over their content but broadcasters now carelessly air songs without exercising that editorial discretion. They abdicate that responsibility and then expect us to start chasing them. ‘The songs are actually offensive I have reliably gathered that some of those songs are actually offensive, regarding the lyrics. Some of these songs are for clubs. These stations that should practice self-regulation are lazy and unprofessional in their conduct.”