The reports also said that Mr. Howard visited the Nigerian Senator to try to understand the proposed Hate Speech Bill under consideration by the Nigerian senate. During the meeting, the reports quoted Mr. Howard to have said to Senator AbdullahI: You’ve thought it through. Other aspects of this report had it that Mr. Howard described the Nigerian media and public as being ‘hysterical’. We are still interested in speaking with Mr. Howard, ‘US Envoy’, to help allay the above fears. We want to find out how he came about his notion that Nigerians actually need a hate speech bill when there already exists a Cybercrimes Act, 2015.

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2020 01:30 UTC