The Northern States Governors Forum
(NSGF) including traditional rulers stakeholders have called for the regulation
of social media in Nigeria.
In a communiqué issued in Kaduna
on Monday at the end of their meeting with traditional rulers and other
Political office holders from the region, the forum said the new media would
have to be regulated in order to halt the dangers of spreading fake news.
Reading the communiqué, on
Monday, Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum, and Plateau State
Governor, Simon Bako Lalong, said the meeting was in view of recent security
challenges, which enveloped the country.
“The meeting took note of the
devastating effect of the uncontrolled social media in spreading fake news.
“Therefore, calls for major
control mechanisms and censorship of social media practice in Nigeria,” parts
of the communiqué read.
The meeting was attended by His
Excellency, the Senate President, of the Federal Republic, the Honourable
Deputy Speaker and other members of the National Assembly, the Chief of Staff
to the President, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, the Minister of
Information and Culture, the Inspector General of Police, Principal Officers of
the National Assembly, Chairmen of the Northern States Traditional Rulers
Council led by His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto amongst others.
So the northern governors have just confirmed that they are incompetent and cannot think of anything else to progress their states other than strangulating the social media. The social media remains the only credible medium of putting a check on governance in Zoogeria and there is nothing you can do about it. Trying to gag it means it is potent. You want to have news from only NTA? The fake news is being churned out from NTA. Even the fines on AIT, Channels and Arise news will not stand. This administration wants to roll Zoogeria back to the stone age.
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