GLO LINK YOUR NIN COMMERCIAL (OSAS IGHODARO CONCEPT): APCON Bans Advert For Indecent Exposure
Oru Leonard
The Registrar/Chief Executive, Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo has directed immediate withdrawal of Glo link your NIN commercial (Osas Ighodaro Concept), due to what the Agency regarded as indecent exposure.
In a statement made available to News Dot Africa and signed by it Registrar/ Chief Executive, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo, explained that the campaign which was caused to be exposed by Glo is currently being aired on TV stations and social media platforms targeting at the Nigerian market and eliciting complaints about the exposure of the model Cleavage.
The council said that Globacom Limited did not submit the advertisement nor approved by the Advertising Standard Panel (ASP), the statutory body charged with the responsibility of ensuring that advertisements conform with the prevailing laws of the Federation as well as the code of ethics of advertising in Nigeria.
“We have written to the management of Globacom Limited, Media stations and relevant government agencies to stop further exposure of the advertisement on all social media platforms.It added.
APCON is committed to ensuring that the advertising ecosystem is sanitized and shall use all lawful means including causing the procecusion of violators of the advertising laws of the federation”, Fadolapo stated.
