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Read the press statement from the office of the Senate president below.

Clarification on false claim that Senate passed a bill proposing to jail social media users for two years. The bill being made reference to, is An Act to Prohibit Frivolous Petitions and Other Related Matters, which absolutely makes no mention of jailing social media users.

Senator Na’Allah’s bill seeks to make illegal, the common act of individuals sponsoring frivolous petitions to tarnish/blackmail public servants or political office holders for selfish purposes.

The bill also seeks to make it a requirement for petitioners to depose to an affidavit in court which will must be attached to any petition. Where such petition is discovered to be frivolous, or mischievous or the fact there in are false, the proposed bill makes it a case of perjury which is an offense under the law.

The Deputy Senate leader in his submission expressed concern that with such frivolous petitions, the right of an individual to be presumed innocent until proven guilty by a competent court, would have eroded such presumption of innocence as these petitions lead to media trials that hampers the rule of law.

In the developed societies and in particular, the US, if one files a petition with the Federal Bureau of Investigation or any other government agency, aimed at defaming someone, ruining their reputation or family and such petition is discovered to be false, such a person will be held liable and would pay dearly for it.

One can only imagine that if countries allowed dishonest elements to file petitions against their opponents without having to hold them accountable, this will amount to impunity.

Please find attached the lead debate to the said petition.
Signed

Bamikole Omishore
SA New Media
President of The Senate


A closer look of the print below!



http://www.chuzzysblog.com/2015/12/office-of-senate-president-denies.html

no sanity in d land

Nigeria gradually getting worse than Russia and China in terms of freedom of press

Shoro niyen

Let me book space here, it may reach fp!

Nonsense! Nonsense!! Nonsense!!!

Despite this clarification, it is still display of nonsense by the Senate. When last did they pass any bill that will benefit the common man on the street? But they keep passing the ones that covers their stealing.

Whistle blower bill is there, no show! PIB dey there, no show.

May God test His wrath on these stupid leaders!
Shame on them all(APC&PDPD)

#NoToSocialMediaBill

Rubbish


Nobody can shut our voices.We will talk about bad government. We will talk about the 'change' we haven't seen #NoToSocialMediaBill

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Our senators have gone mad!

What about the whistle blower protection bill?

No they won't pass that one cos it would embolden people to expose their corrupt acts.

What abt the PIB?

No the, Northern senators would not agree cos it wld benefit Niger Deltan communities and the southern senators are too busy sharing money to battle it out with their northern counterparts.

Yet they would pass an anti-petition act so no one would petiton them for their crimes cos they cld easily bribe the courts not to give permission to any petition that they are not comfortable with.

We need a peaceful revolution in this country to overthrow the current political class.

And that revolution would only come when we the Nigerian youths become more active in the political affairs of this country (physically active not social media active) rather than sit at home waiting for Osinbajo to share five thousand naira for us.

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Only GEJ can take that ......... #change

tobimillar:
Nigeria gradually getting worse than Russia and China in terms of freedom of press

is there any before? This NASS don't have the interest of ppl at heart, they only pass the bills that favour them, but any bill that will favour the masses will be thrown into trash bin.

For the past 6month Nigeria senate hve not passed a single reasonable bill to help the common man. Infact this change is bringin headache 2 everybody

Fvck buhari, he wan turn naija to north korea...

I don't need silver nor gold from u guys.
All I need is ur sincere wishes as today is my birthday.
The lord has added a year to my years on earth today

We don hear

to wailers press freedom is when dokpesi does a documentary that purports buhari is the one that chased ghanians from Nigeria and then walks free even after its verified it was done by shagari, that is press freedom for otuoke hero worshippers

Really?

K

And Sahara reporters are making noise

We all say no to buhari and APC propaganda shame to them all ;all haters of democracy

wailing wailers, talking talkers.... yesterday in Onitsha was terrible and the president is yet to say any thing about it.. yet he's travelling, they are passing rubbish bill. employment bill that will aid all those miscreants and touts they are using to disrupt Onitsha is far better than this their 'shut up social media' bill

Ok

they havent seen anything from social media yet

Change Change Change !
What happen to all the Sai Buhari fans?