The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said social media must be regulated to prevent its “evil’ from taking root in the country.
He said the National Assembly had been considering regulating social media for a long time, but that it was reluctant due to outcries by Nigerians.
While acknowledging the good of the platforms, he noted that social media is “the most potent weapon for good and evil.”
Mr Gbajabimaila disclosed this on Sunday at the “Mr Speaker Chat with young Nigerians,” a programme on Channels TV.
Mr Gbajabiamila’s position puts a question mark on the investigation by the House into the Twitter ban.
On the 4th of June, the federal government announced the suspension of the operation of Twitter in Nigeria. The move by the government came some few days after the microblogging site pulled down a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Consequently, the lower legislative chamber had set up a joint committee to look into the ban.
The joint committee of the House, last Tuesday, held a public hearing into the matter.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how some members of the committee openly endorsed the ban.
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