National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revealed that that a bill it sponsored to repeal and reenact the NBC Act CAP L11 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, has passed the first reading at the national assembly.

NBC noted that the purpose of sponsoring the bill is to regulate Nigeria’s social media space.

Balarabe Ilelah, the NBC Director-General, who made this on Tuesday when he hosted Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information at the commission’s headquarters, described the “ills of social media as a monster”.

He said: “We want to tell you that a bill for an act to repeal and amend the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) act, CAP L11 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, to accommodate the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting service, also to promote quality audio and video, efficient management of the spectrum, Nigeria Broadcast Institute, social media regulation and related matters has been read for the first time on the floor of the national assembly.”

The NBC boss noted that all that were mentioned in his comment are not captured in the present act of the commission.


“We have already submitted a bill to amend the act. One of our major problems now is social media. Unless there is a law that allows NBC to act on social media issues, the issue will continue to be a monster in our daily lives in this country,” Mr. Ilelah said.

SOURCE:https://brandspurng.com/2023/10/12/bill-to-regulate-social-media-scales-first-reading-says-nbc/

Na so

The bill will not work

It's about to go down......

Oga that bill will not work, you people cant silence us on the street to protest and still want to silence the youth on social media. It will not work.

This will succeed this time around. The reckless use and criminal defamations on the social media is a crime enabler and we can't have two different justice system.

When you commit crime offline , you face the justice system, the same must apply to crime committed on the social media too.

On Asiwaju's mandate we stand gidigba..😂!

They should better be ready to arrest and incarcerate thousands of Nigerian youths cause we're not about to keep quiet anytime soon.

BrandSpurNG:

National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revealed that that a bill it sponsored to repeal and reenact the NBC Act CAP L11 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, has passed the first reading at the national assembly.


NBC noted that the purpose of sponsoring the bill is to regulate Nigeria’s social media space.

Balarabe Ilelah, the NBC Director-General, who made this on Tuesday when he hosted Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information at the commission’s headquarters, described the “ills of social media as a monster”.



He said: “We want to tell you that a bill for an act to repeal and amend the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) act, CAP L11 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, to accommodate the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting service, also to promote quality audio and video, efficient management of the spectrum, Nigeria Broadcast Institute, social media regulation and related matters has been read for the first time on the floor of the national assembly.”

The NBC boss noted that all that were mentioned in his comment are not captured in the present act of the commission.


“We have already submitted a bill to amend the act. One of our major problems now is social media. Unless there is a law that allows NBC to act on social media issues, the issue will continue to be a monster in our daily lives in this country,” Mr. Ilelah said.

SOURCE:https://brandspurng.com/2023/10/12/bill-to-regulate-social-media-scales-first-reading-says-nbc/

it will affect only people in that cage call Nigeria not me I will say what ever I want no body will do pim

Hahahaha obi ,Obidients, Rufai osine, Jackson ude and David won't be happy with this bill at all

Nice one. EU is regulating its own social media as well before some people bring some sane clime rubbish here.

Good one. The fake news on social media is too much, especially on twitter, facebook and nairaland.

Once you make a claim, you should be ready to prove your claim when you're called to do do

Supported

Paraman:
Good one. The fake news on social media is too much, especially on twitter, facebook and nairaland.

Once you make a claim, you should be ready to prove your claim when you're called to do do

Hehehe

Pigs will not like this.

The nuisance they constitute on social media will soon come to an end

Long overdue. There are many lunatics in this space. Everyone must take responsibility for what they post online.