10 things Senate should criminalize instead of social media

monjola sotubo

December 7, 2015 10:22 AM

The ridiculousness of the anti-social media bill can’t be overemphasized, and it’s unbelievable that lawmakers in a country plagued with as many problems as Nigeria can take the time to come up with such a preposterous idea in 2015.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki

The Nigerian Senate is desperately looking for laws to make and things to criminalize.

This is why they have decided to attach a two-year prison term to speaking your mind via social media.

The bill, which is meant to “Prohibit Frivolous Petitions and Other Matters Connected Therewith”, reads:

“Where any person through text message, tweets, WhatsApp or through any social media posts any abusive statement knowing same to be false with intent to set the public against any person and group of persons, an institution of government or such other bodies established by law shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction, shall be liable to an imprisonment for two years or a fine of N2,000,000.00 or both fine and imprisonment.”

The ridiculousness of this bill can’t be overemphasized, and it’s unbelievable that lawmakers in a country plagued with as many problems as Nigeria can take the time to come up with such a preposterous idea in 2015.

It’s obvious that the Nigerian Senate is in desperate need of ideas on laws to pass and things to criminalize so, out of the goodness of my heart, I have decided to help them out.

Here are 10 things the Senate can criminalize and focus on instead of social media:

Dear Nigerian Senate, with all these problems and many more left unmentioned, how did you find the time to focus on something as trivial as social media?

Please, focus on the real problems that Nigerians have and do the jobs we elected you for.

Thank you.

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