Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to make the provision of Sign Language interpretation services mandatory for all television stations.
He made this known yesterday, at a meeting with the NBC and major media houses in his Abuja office.
Read Also: Lai Mohammed charges NBC to enforce provision of sign language interpreter on TV stations
The minister summoned the meeting to deliberate on issues revolving around imperatives of providing sign language interpretation on national TV for the Deaf community.
According to reliable sources, the Minister ordered the NBC and major media houses at the meeting to make it mandatory that sign language interpretation be provided for by all TV stations in the country.
It is important to note that the decision is coming just a day after delegates from the Centre for Citizens with disabilities (CCD) held a meeting with the Minister, urging him on the need to fully engage, as a policy of State, the services of sign language interpreters in all TV News broadcasts.