SERAP Threatens To Sue Northern Governors’ Forum, NASS

The Socio-Economic Right And Accountability Project, SERAP has reacted to the proposed social media regulation bill.

SERAP threatened to sue the Northern Governors’ Forum and the National Assembly if the Social Media bill is passed and signed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to the group, Nigerians have a right to freedom of expression online.

It added that the group won’t accept any illegal attempts to interfere with the right of Nigerians.

Earlier, the Northern governor’s Forum had called for censorship and control of social media.

The Forum lamented what it described as the devastating effect of uncontrolled social media in spreading of fake news.

You will recall that the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said that the National Assembly would not arrogate to itself the power of exclusively passing the social media bill into law without inputs from Nigerians.