TheCable reports that Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has asked the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to shut down the airing of Big Brother Naija (BBN) amid fears of a possible spread of COVID-19.

The reality Show, in its fifth season faces a possible shutdown if this directive is to be adhered to.

Acting Director-General of the NBC, Armstrong Idachaba according to the report informed senior management members of the Minister’s directive to showdown one of Nigeria’s popular Shows on cable TV.

However, according to TheCable, insiders said that the NBC management did not approve of this shut down move, with some of them saying there was no basis for it.

A director is said to have reminded the meeting that NBC had already sought explanation from Multichoice on a possible violation of COVID-19 protocols with the airing of the show.

The letter was sent on July 1, before the show began.

MultiChoice replied with detailed explanations on measures taken in collaboration with the Lagos state government, whose agency, Lagos State Safety Commission, gave the green light for the show.

Also, MultiChoice said in the letter that housemates had been screened prior to the show and that the BBN House had been decontaminated and adapted to ensure sufficient physical distancing, in addition to eliminating the use of live audience.

All inmates went through a mandatory two-week isolation during which COVID-19 symptoms would have manifested if they had the disease.

Meanwhile, Idachaba, in his response to TheCable, simply said BBN will not be taken off air but did not provide any further information.

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Big Brother Nigeria, is a Nigerian reality competition television series, based on the Big Brother television franchise, in which a number of housemates (contestants) live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash prize.

In a post on Linda Ikeji’s Blog, the live sex on BBnaija has gotten the Federal Government talking as it has lodged a complaint with the National Broadcasting Commission(NBC).

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The sexual content shown live on the reality show has led the Federal Government to make plans of launching a new Big Brother Nigeria reality show where only Nigerian food, dress or culture will be showcased. This was disclosed when Otunba Segun Runsewe, the National Council for Arts and Culture Director-General was paid a visit by the President of the National Council of Women Societies, Dr. Gloria Shoda.

  It is also expected that the NCAC will represent the 2008 Nudity Bill titled ‘A Bill for an Act to punish and prohibit nudity, sexual intimidation and other-related offenses in Nigeria,’ sponsored by the former chairperson, Senate Committee on Women and Youth, Eme Ekaette.

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 “I will take up the issue of Big Brother Naija, I have spoken with officials of the National Broadcasting Commission because what is going on now is terrible. Having love affairs on screen is not part of our own culture at all’, Otunba Segun mentioned.

The NCWS President expressed her concern about how the sexual content impact negatively on Nigerian youth and asked if the housemates cannot abstain from sex for three months. She continued ‘ I’m condemning the sex content on BBN.”

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