An NGO named Citizen GO
sent the petition to policy makers, the National Broadcasting
Commission, The Presidency and the public.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:
“Big
Brother Nigeria is a corruption of TV Reality shows. The Nigerian
public is complaining about the moral perversity in the House of the Big
Brother Nigeria. 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.
“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.
“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.
“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.”
Edited from The Punch