A screenshot of the petition page
CitizenGO, an NGO, is currently gathering votes online to stop the airing of Big Brother Naija (#BBNaija).
The group sent the petition to policy makers, the National Broadcasting Commission, The Presidency and the public.
CitizenGo is a community of active citizens who work together,
using online petitions and action alerts as a resource, to defend and
promote life, family and liberty. They work to ensure that those in
power respect human dignity and individuals’ rights.
The collection of signatures which started on Feb. 20, already has a
total number of 3,160 signatures. The organisation is hoping to get at
least 5,000 signatures.
These are some of their grievances:
(1) In one episode last two weeks or so, the
inmates were shown openly kissing and caressing one another. This is a
celebration of obscenity, eroticism and idleness.
(2) More importantly, it is a big mockery of
Nigerian culture and tradition. Since the inmates are Nigerians, they
should have been projecting the Nigerian cultural heritage. But instead
of doing that, they are bastardizing it.
(3) The biggest tragedy of the on-going Big
Brother Nigeria is that our children are also glued to the TV screen
watching it. Children are our future. Therefore we should protect them
from lewd exposure, which might prevent their growth into free,
independent and well-developed citizens.
(4) The NBC must live up to its bidding as a body
charged with controlling, monitoring, regulating the electronic media
and monitoring of satellite transmission in Nigeria. Our TV stations
cannot become dumping grounds for all sorts of immoral programs.
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