The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has announced the dissolution of the Advertising Standards Panel (ASP) over the approval of a billboard classified by the Federal Government as "blackmail of the Presidential Election Tribunal". Director-General of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo, announced the dissolution of the Panel in a statement released on Tuesday, 15 August 2023. The statement also contained an immediate suspension of the Director and Deputy Director in charge of Regulations to allow investigations on the matter of the controversial billboard. The agency also ordered an immediate removal of the billboard.
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The billboard tagged "All Eyes on the Judiciary" has been labelled an advertisement which goes against the code of advertising and the ethics of the advertising profession. ARCON's Director-General said the now dissolved panel erred in the approval of one of the concepts as the advertisement failed vetting guidelines. The ASP is the Statutory Panel under the Council charged with the duty of ensuring that advertisements conform to the prevailing laws of the Federation as well as the Code of advertising ethics of the advertising profession.
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