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FG cracks down on advertising after ‘all eyes on the judiciary’ billboards
The FG has disbanded the Secretariat of the Advertising Standard Panel (ASP).
The decision is linked to its approval of the billboard titled, ‘All Eyes on The Judiciary’ which allegedly blackmails the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
The Director-General of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo, disclosed the dissolution of the Panel in a statement released on Tuesday.
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Fadolapo said the Council has also suspended its Director & Deputy in charge of Regulations to allow investigations into the issue.
While noting that some of the adverts were not approved by the ASP, he said the Panel erred in the approval of one of the concepts as the advertisement failed vetting guidelines
The ASP is the Statutory Panel under the Council charged with the duty of ensuring that advertisements conform to the prevailing laws of the Federation as well as the Code of advertising ethics of the advertising
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