The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has expressed grave

worries over the sudden suspension of the operating licence of DAAR

Communications, owners of African Independent Television and Ray Power

FM, by the Federal Government.

In a statement issued on Saturday morning by its Publicity Secretary,

Olumide Iyanda, the Guild urged the National Broadcasting Commission

(NBC) to reconsider its stance in the interest of free press and

Nigeria’s growing democracy.

While GOCOP urged all media practitioners to operate with every sense

of responsibility, it also advised NBC to resolve its differences with

DAAR Communications through dialogue, which it described as the most

acceptable channel in a democracy.

In the light of the foregoing, GOCOP called on the Federal Government

to mandate the NBC to rescind the decision against DAAR Communications

in order to pave the way for dialogue.

It said despite the court order that AIT and Ray Power should be

reopened, there is still the need for decorum to be the watchword of

government agencies in taking decisions that will affect the lives of

many and the country’s image abroad.

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