Aduragbemi Omiyale
By Aduragbemi Omiyale
A veteran broadcaster, Mr Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, has been appointed as the substantive Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
Mr Ilelah was selected for the job by President Muhammadu Buhari, a statement issued on Friday by Mr Segun Adeyemi, the media aide to the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed.
It was disclosed in the statement that the appointment of the new head of the broadcasting industry regulatory agency is for five years in the first instance.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster, as the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
“The Minister of Information and Culture, [Mr] Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday.
“He said Mr Ilelah’s appointment is for a tenure of five years in the first instance,” the statement said.
Mr Ilelah is replacing Mr Armstrong Idachaba, who has occupied the position in an acting capacity for a while.
Mr Idachaba was recently in the eye of the storm when he directed all broadcast stations in the country to deactivate their Twitter accounts following the suspension of the social platform in the country by the federal government.
