of a person to any office on terms which preclude the grant of
pensions and gratuity in respect of that office.
(2)
For the purposes of the application of he provisions of the Pensions
Act, any power exercisable there-under by a Minister or other
authority of the Government of he Federation, other than the power to
make regulations under section 23 thereof, is hereby vested in and
shall be exercisable by the Commission and not by any other person or
authority.
9. (1) The Commission shall, in the consideration of an application or a
licence under this Decree, be satisfied that the applicant –
(a)
is a body corporate registered under he companies and Allied Matters
Act and whose majority shares are owned by citizens of Nigeria;
(b)
can demonstrate to the satisfaction of he Commission that he is not
applying on behalf of any foreign interest;
(c)
can comply with the provisions of he second Schedule to the Transition
to Civil rule (Political Parties Registration and Activities) Act;
(d)
can comply with the objectives of the National Mass Communication
policy as is applicable to the electronic media, that is, radio and
television;
(e)
can give an undertaking that he licensed station shall be used to
promote national interest, unity and cohesion and that it shall not be
used to offend the religious sensibilities or promote ethnicity,
sectionalism, hatred and disaffection among he peoples of Nigeri a.
(2)
The grant of a licence by the Commission under this Decree shall be
subject to availability of broadcast frequencies.
(3)
Compliance with the requirements specified i subsection(1) of this
section shall not entitle an applicant to the grant of a licence but the
grant of a licence by the commission shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(4)
In determining he grant of a licence the Commission shall consider the
following, that is –
the structure of share holding in the broadcasting organization;
(a)