The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has kicked against the social media bill limiting hence taking stand with the masses.
The secretary of the commission, Tony ojukwu who made this announcement further stressed on the need for social media users to exercise their rights with caution.
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In his words, he said :
“We stand with Nigerians and we believe that the media space should be free, people should be able to air their views, in doing so, and we urge those who exercise their rights to be mindful of the rights of others.”
He continued
In exercising our freedom to express ourselves, we believe that those freedoms should be expressed and utilized responsibly and we will not encourage irresponsible conduct on the part of Nigerians but we don’t support the gaging of Nigerians in any way possible.
“We urge social media users to show commitments to responsibility and if they exceed their bounds, the laws are there for anybody who feels aggrieved can use.”
It should be remembered that the social medial bill had initially scaled second reading in the senate and has attracted numerous reactions
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