Let’s talk about the social media bill and the Hate Speech bill before the National Assembly that have triggered outrage and seem to be exacerbating tension across the country. I think that there is a general consensus that there is a kind of misuse of the social media. When you talk about the media, it becomes very difficult for a group to totally control everything and that is more so for the social media we have now. The globalised social media makes it very difficult for one single government to really muzzle the entire media system. Nigeria must build a critical mass of democrats before we can start building the right kind of institutions that we need.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 19, 2019 02:26 UTC