Presiding Pastor, Omega Fire
Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman has reacted to President
Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of an increase in fine relating to hate speeches.
Recall that the Minister
of Information, Lai Mohammed in Abuja while inaugurating the National
Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Reform Implementation Committee said Buhari
approved the upward review of fines from N500,000 to N5 million for breaches
relating to hate speeches, inciting comments and indecency.
According to the statement:
“Following deliberations at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of March 27th
2019, on the unprofessional and unethical conduct of some broadcast stations,
especially before and during the last general elections, President Muhammadu
Buhari directed me to institute an inquiry into the conduct of the stations and
report back to the Council
“Consequently, I inaugurated a
five-member committee on Wednesday, April 10th 2019 with the following terms of
reference:
“Find out to what extent the NBC
was able to effectively carry out its regulatory role before and during the
2019 general elections.
“Recommend measures that could
strengthen NBC’s regulatory role and make it more effective.
” Upward review of fines from
N500,000 to N5,000,000 for breaches relating to hate speeches, inciting
comments and indecency.”
But reacting, Apostle Suleman
said the recent review by Buhari is a ‘deliberate attempt to silence Nigerians’
On his Twitter page, the
outspoken cleric wrote: “Just read about N5m fine for hate speech, there is a
thin line between freedom of speech and hate speech.
“This is a deliberate attempt to
silence people, we could backdate its implementation to 2014.”
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