Social media bill: Withdraw, apologise to Nigerians – NGO tells NASS...

Apparently, if this social media bill is enacted bloggers will be out of business. You and me? we dare not say what we are thinking via our social media 'Whats on your mind?',or we on a one way ticket in a moses basket straight to prison. Its like saying you don't have the right to gossip or knack aproko in public. I mean? Is this not Democracy anymore? On a lot of levels I'd vote 'NO'. Its embarrassing that they even made this public. Same social media that made them popular. Oh please!
Read what a member of the Women Empowerment Educational Network had to say after the jump break...


Hajiya Halima Baba, a member of Women Empowerment Educational Network in Sokoto State, an NGO, has advised the National Assembly to drop the controversial Anti-Social Media Bill and apologize to Nigerians. Baba told newsmen in Sokoto on Wednesday that Nigerians expected legislation that would tally with the norms of political change direction for the nation’s optimal goals.
She challenged members of the assembly to legislate on security matters, job creation and poverty eradication, to enable Nigerians to feel the impact of democracy. She said that Nigerians were ready to prevent any move to infringe on their right to freedom of speech and issues effecting their well being.
She cautioned the legislators on the dangers of passing the bill, adding that the electorate was more politically educated than before.

 ” We are politically armed with our Permanent Voter Cards and card readers, as rigging election is over as along as election process is concerned, ” she said.

She said the country needed legislation that would complement the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti corruption crusade.