Governor Godwin Obaseki Edo State, Southern Nigeria has banned billboards owners in the state from accepting advert campaign projects from the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC)
Gatekeepers News reports that the ban was disclosed to newsmen by a member of the Billboards’ Association in Edo, Ibrahim Momoh on Tuesday night in Benin City.
According to Momoh, the governor further threatened to confiscate the billboard of anyone who disregards the directive.
When contacted, the State Director, Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), Abdul Hakeem Tiamiyu, said he got the same complaints from a billboard owner.
Tiamiyu who promised to make further investigation noted that APCON as a body is different from billboard owners.
He explained that while the job of billboard owners is to erect adverts on billboards, APCON regulates advertising content in order to ensure conformity with the guiding regulations.
Tiamiyu said, “I have heard the same complaints from billboard owners that Edo State Government has warned them not to erect any billboard from APC.
“I will carry more investigation on this because should this be true, it is quite unfortunate.”
