Abuja, Nigeria – Nigeria authorities have prohibited radio stations to play a song critical President of Bol Tinbub and the policies of his administration, according to the memorandum, seen Friday per associated press.
The country’s media regulator described the “Tell your dad” content in concrete on the radio station as “inappropriate for the show”.
The song is the response of musicians and open Government Critic Eedris Abdulkarareem to the recent remarks of Seyi Tinbub, the president’s son, who called the Father of the Great Leader in the country’s history.
In afrobeats track, Abdulkareem asks the younger Tinbub to tell his father that his policies have brought Widespread difficulty In the most populous country of Africa, while he points out what he calls a number of unfulfilled “empty promises”.
From laying 2023. years, Tinubuine policies As the removal of the subsidy on gasoline is difficult to hit as Nigeria rakes with fluctuual prices.
Last year, At least 20 people were shot dead And hundreds are arrested in protests that require better opportunities and jobs for young people.
On Wednesday, the National Commission for Broadcasting said the song was violated section 3.1.8 for broadcasting the country that prohibits content in “violation of public decency.” Still, the song went a virus on social media.
Learning a ban in Instagram Post, Abdulkarareem said that constructive criticism has always seen as a crime of the government.
“Any miracle Why didn’t Nigeria make any punches of all these years?” He said.
In 2004. Another Abdulkareem’s song “Jaga Jaga” was prohibited. It was a criticism of the former president of the Olusegun Obasjon administration, which he described as corrupt.
The “bizarre ban” songs is a violation of freedom of expression, Amnesty International, describing the action as an abuse of government in the statement.
“This clamping on artistic freedom is a terrible reminder that artists are at risk of being silenced,” a group of rights said.
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2025-04-11 16:04:00
