{"id":66186,"date":"2019-04-12T16:12:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T15:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=66186"},"modified":"2019-04-12T18:06:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T17:06:19","slug":"dg-nbc-ishaq-modibbo-kawu-not-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dg-nbc-ishaq-modibbo-kawu-not-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"DG NBC IS\u2019HAQ MODIBBO KAWU NOT SUSPENDED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-7573690202302010923p1\"><span class=\"m_-7573690202302010923s1\">The Director General of the\u00a0National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC) Mallam Is\u2019haq Modibbo has not been suspended from office, according to a statement from the Board of the commission sent to<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555173006213000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGuaRAPeJBarzMjWID7JKs4AknsJA\"><span class=\"m_-7573690202302010923s2\">pointblanknews.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7573690202302010923p1\"><span class=\"m_-7573690202302010923s1\">An online version of The Sun Newspapers had reported that the Board of NBC suspended the DG.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7573690202302010923p1\"><span class=\"m_-7573690202302010923s1\">\u00a0<\/span>But in a statement signed by Barrister Salihu Bandele Aluko, a board member on behalf of the Chairman of NBC, Alhaji Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, he described the purported suspension of Kawu as \u201cfake news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7573690202302010923p1\"><span class=\"m_-7573690202302010923s1\">The statement made available to this medium reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7573690202302010923p1\"><span class=\"m_-7573690202302010923s1\">\u00a0\u201cThe Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is shocked that\u00a0a reputable newspaper like The Sun, would carry an unfounded, mischievous and irresponsible story that the board has suspended the DG of the NBC, Mal. Is\u2019haq Modibbo Kawu. The mischievous story adduced reason for the purported \u2018suspension\u2019 to a non-existent \u2018digital switchover crisis\u2019, The board of the commission, headed by Alhaji Ikra Aliyu\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7573690202302010923p1\"><span class=\"m_-7573690202302010923s1\">Bilibis, held its quarterly meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, this week and it neither at any point discuss nor contemplate a so-called \u2018suspension\u2019 of the DG, Modibbo Kawu, who also actively participated in the meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7573690202302010923p1\"><span class=\"m_-7573690202302010923s1\">\u201cWe are sad that the report would quote an unnamed source for such a story when the reporter could have reached the chairman to confirm the veracity or otherwise of the deliberately mischievous and unprofessional report. 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