The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC, Segun Runsewe, has called on the House of Representatives to permit the council to go after organisers of Big Brother Nigeria over nudity in the reality TV show.
The NCAC I equally seeking the same grant for popular online personality and crossdresser, Bobrisky.
He stated that nudity as displayed by the organizer of the popular show is against the culture of Nigeria.
Runsewe made the call on Tuesday, October 04, 2022, while appearing before an ad hoc committee investigating the duplication of ministries, departments,and agencies.
He said;
“I am the first person who took Big Brother Nigeria to the NBC to report them because they were having—I took it up and Big Brother (organisers) tried to reach me and I told them that if the culture in other parts of the world is to be naked – nudity, etc., they should not bring it to Nigeria because our culture is rich and it respects the integrity of our country.”
The DG hence, declared that proper amendment of the council’s Act will give them a go-ahead after BBN organisers and Bobrisky.
“This honourable House just needs to empower us with just a legal framework and that nonsense will stop.”
The National Broadcasting Commission has the power to sanction the airing of nude content on Television.
In 2019, NCAC moved for the signing into law of the 2008 Nudity Bill, in a bid to ban the Big Brother Naija reality TV show.
NBC has currently banned the showing or viewing of the current Big Brother South Africa known as BBMzansi from being televised in Nigeria over nudity.
In January 2022, the show organizers aired the moment the housemates were bathing in their shower room, moments that were not supposed to be seen by local viewers.
Meanwhile, BBNaija in their past shows tried to sensor nudity in the reality show.
