NBA President, Olumide Akpata
Plans to regulate social media by the Federal Government have been seriously condemned by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
President of the NBA, Olumide Akpata believes the timing is dubious.
The NBA President made the position known when he appeared on a Channels Television political program.
“Are we saying regulate or shutdown? What are we saying because we hear them using regulate? We hear the minister of Information use the word ‘sanitize.’ I just say to myself, ‘what are we trying to do?’ The timing is suspicious,” he said.
He insisted that social media is regulated already, wondering if the government is planning to shut it down completely.
Akpata admitted that there are irresponsible users of social media but pointed out that there are already established laws to deal with such kinds of persons.
He said trying to completely shut down social media is not going to work. According to him, he suspects that is what the government wants to do, not really regulate social media.