Confirming the statement the Senior Special Assistant to
the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said “the President
has promised to preserve the structure of Nigeria he swore to uphold and
wouldn’t assent to any laws that may be inconsistent with the constitution of
Nigeria.”
In keeping with the President, “Free speech is relevant
to democratic societies anywhere on the earth. As a key factor of democratic
principles, individuals in democratic societies are so emotionally attached to
free speech that they'd preserve it with all their might.”
Shehu informed that Buhari t is absolutely mindful of the
men and women’s discontent concerning the proposed social media bill, assuring
that there’s no motive for panic “because the Senate is a democratic senate.”
It has been largely criticised by using Nigerians so that
you could curb freedom of speech, in particular on social media, and punish
critics of the federal government and lawmakers.
The draft bill was once proposed by means of Senator Bala
Ibn Na’Allah from the ruling everybody’s Congress party (APC). It has already
handed a second reading at the Senate and there shall be a public listening to
on the bill before it can be handed.
If the bill becomes law, humans “who deliberately
propagate false knowledge or abusive statements (by way of text message,
Twitter, WhatsApp, etc) that might threaten the protection of the nation or
that is competent of inciting the general public against the government through
electronic mail” might be jailed for up to seven years and fined up to 5m Naira.
Freedom of speech is the proper way to be in contact with
one’s opinions and ideas with out worry of government retaliation or
censorship. It's a normal human right and an principal aspect of any democracy.
Freedom of speech makes it possible for residents to
exchange views and knowledge, to protest against injustice, to have an impact
on the public discourse, and to criticize the moves of the government.
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