Section 10: Duty to broadcast Government announcements

(1) The Authority shall, whenever so requested by an authorised public officer, send in a Government programme, at the Authority's own expense, any announcement which such officer may request the Authority to broadcast and shall also, whenever so requested by any such officer in whose opinion an emergency has arisen or continues, at the like expense, send as aforesaid any other matter which the officer may request the Authority to broadcast; and the Authority may in its discretion announce or refrain from announcing that such a notice has been given or has been varied or revoked.
(2) In this section, "authorised public officer" means any officer in any of the public services in the Federation declared to be such by the President or, as the case may require, the Governor of a State.