The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters has suspended further legislative actions on the controversial anti-social media bill sponsored by Senator Musa Sani till January next year.

Investigations by our correspondent revealed that the decision was not unconnected with the mixed feelings expressed by members of the 14-member Senate panel during their maiden meeting on the issue. The members are all lawyers.

The senators were said to have cautioned themselves and stressed the need to ensure a wide consultation on the issue.

A member of the committee said, “We have agreed, tentatively, to fix the public hearing for January. We have to be careful so as not to be on the wrong side of history... We need to ensure that the media and the civil society groups who are in the forefront of the agitation against the bill, come around to defend their position.

It is when this is done that we will be able to convince Nigerians that we have done the right thing.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/social-media-bill-senate-suspends-public-hearing-till-next-year/amp/

The bill should be taken down permanently

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It has never got to you, that's why you are suspending it..... It might reach your turn or your community, then, it might be too late for you to pass it..... Bunch of thieves...

They better do cos the bill makes no sense.....There are better bill to debate that can add meaning to ordinary Nigerians than this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JOKcz5LhIk

These crooks should better confine that useless bill into the dustins within the NASS @ the close of the 2019 legislative year.Thunder fire any one of them that will even think about that bill in 2020.

That Bill doesn't worth a time to waste. It should just be thrashed in the waste bin.

We have laws against libel, character assassination etc to take care of this nonsense bill

I sight you lalasticlala viewing, it seems lala will be the one to handle the prosecution of any hate speech offender on nairaland. Good morning lalasticlala

We really need this bill, not for today but for the future.

For those of you fighting it today, it might be the only haven you'll have tomorrow. Unfortunately, it will be too late by then.

Don't get me wrong, I don't support death penalty for offenders. What I'm saying is social media must be regulated.

Next year is 3 weeks

Why not indefinitely?

this guys might pass it without noise or public hearing

they suspended public hearing yet the bill is still on and many mutulious dunce are already celebrating

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Good news been flowing since morning

First
Boko haram 19 : 0 miyetti allah

Damn these miyetti guys need to buckle up

An example when God turns your enemy against your enemy

Secondly
Akpabio can't be replaced say INEC

And now this news THEY SHOULD EVEN SUSPEND IT INDEFINITELY, this is definitely going to be a good week

reccy:
It has never got to you, that's why you are suspending it..... It might reach your turn or your community, then, it might be too late for you to pass it..... Bunch of thieves...

You actually want it to be passed? On what grounds? What about laws against libel and character assassination? Isn't it enough

Backdoor shariah law

Are they still on this nonsense?

What is you point ??

reccy:
It has never got to you, that's why you are suspending it..... It might reach your turn or your community, then, it might be too late for you to pass it..... Bunch of thieves...

IDIOTS!!!!!!!!

Is that what they should even b discussion ?

Dead bill from criminals

To bring sanity to Nigeria Social media space, this bill must be passed into law

Dem no burn den well to go back to it again, they've tactically dumped it. Crazy people

a useless bill

Sakamaje things. The bill will finally be suspended. They just did a test running on the bill to see it can scale through but lots of people stood up and fought.

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Okay

Not just suspend.... Kill it
This is only freedom Nigerians enjoy at the moment. If they succeed in passing this bill to become a law. Then President Buhari has successfully pocketed this nation into the hands of Northerners.