Former Senator, Kaduna Central
Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has condemned the recent first reading of the
hate speech bill on the floor of the senate.
Shehu Sani lamented that Nigeria
was currently on the “road to full-blown tyranny” with the introduction of the
bill sponsored by Senator Sabi Abdullahi.
The former lawmaker who
registered his displeasure on Tuesday through a Facebook post insisted that the
bill was an authoritarian step to “protect power by fear and silence.”
He wrote: “The parliament must
not be complicit in the destruction of our democracy and the building of a
totalitarian state. A bill to regulate social media and to prescribe death
sentence for a so-called hate speech is a road to full-blown tyranny; An
authoritarian step to protect power by fear and silence.”
Senator Sabi Abdullahi representing Niger North Senatorial district on Tuesday
sponsored a private bill to tackle hate speeches and other social media related
contents, considered antagonistic to the interest of Nigerian society.
The lawmaker, who was Senate
Spokesman in the 8th Senate and now Deputy Chief Whip, wants the National
Assembly to establish a Commission with administrative structures to deal with
hate speeches in Nigeria.
The bill titled: “National
Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches (Est., etc) bill, 2019 (SB.
154)” passed its first reading on Tuesday.
The introduction of hate speech
bill has since been met with backlash from Nigerians and lawmakers.
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