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Ovation Publisher and former Presidential candidate, Chief Dele Momodu has said that any plan to gag social media will fail, saying Nigerians are resilient people and will not succumb to such threat.

Speaking during his keynote address, “The Power of Social Media,” at the City People Social Media Awards held on Sunday in Lagos, Momodu said Nigerians survived the move by erstwhile dictator, Gen Sani Abacha’s plan to gag the citizens, hence attempt by government of the day to ban social MEDIA WILL FAIL.

“Any attempt to gag us will fail. It will never happen. Abacha tried and failed. Any attempt by any government to stop social media will fail. It is not about protests in the streets, or security agents going after you. Some of us fled this country during Abacha. I was involved with Freedom Radio, sometimes we had to broadcast using the phone. But with the social media, from your room, you can talk to millions of people and no one can stop you.”

The Ovation publisher also said that after the magic of electricity and telephone, the social media is the greatest invention by man. On how he became a social media influence, he said the journey started in 2010 with Facebook.

‘’I started using Social media in 2010, Facebook was the most common one then, When I got on Twitter not long after, I actually asked people to manage my account. I just past instruction that I want an announcement on the micro-blogging platform and it is carried out.

‘’But by January 2012, during the fuel subsidy protests, I realised how powerful the 140 character on Twitter has when I decided to reach out to a lot of people as I was the only one who carried a banner and protested in London, US, Ghana and Nigeria. I had about 13, 000 followers when I took over the management of the Twitter account; since then I have been addicted.

“The power of the social media is huge; you can reach millions in seconds. We are witnesses’ to what the change agents of the APC were able to do with the candidature of President Buhari,” he said. He urged youth not to underestimate the power inherent in new media considering the reach influence people from the corner of one’s bedroom.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/social-media-nobody-can-gag-nigerians-dele-momodu/

No social media, No freedom.

Free Us

Not a waller nor a zombie, all I need is a good governance.

Since our Senators and representatives are useless & selfish, that's the only voice we've got

So Dele Momodu don turn Wailer too?

You are welcome sir

As buhari no give am ministerial appointment he don dey by the side of the non fura de nono drinkers.

And na this social media apc take scatter pdp government and eventually emerge as the ruling party o.

Mr Dele Momodu is right on this one.

ok na

the cain when dem use take flog the first wife is not kept far away from the second wife

what is good for the goose, is good for the "Uganda"

now it's time to give them a taste of their medicine. dem nor wan gree open mouth swallow the pill.

gagging social media is worst thing that can happen to democracy. that's putting it in its mildest form

this is dictatorship!

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Pidggin:
So Dele Momodu don turn Wailer too?

You are welcome sir

He's been wailing more than the real wailers even before now but his was a subtle wailing .

Where are my change chanting zombies ?

Who man gag Nigeria before

davido's boy

Seriously?

We all have freedom of speech, online and offline






But, freedom after speech... Well my advice is this: Moderation is key

MoneypassGod:
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G for goat?

The fly that follows the cow's tail to the grave!


**restructured!
The fly that follows the ogbonno sticky secretion coming out the cow's left udder to the grave

Dele momodu si na chi

Are you e-wailing?

what's mumudu saying?

Nigerians need enlightenment

gag ko gig ni...social media witout action...all we do is tweet buh wen it comes to d real protest no one will come out

Did he not vote 4 change?

Everybody distancing himself from change.
Very soon no one will be on their side again

Buhari is gradually turning his supporters into wailers.

Hmmmm

Abacha failed

Buhari will fail too

As of what week our form finished but you can contact @PDP headquarters in Lagos for more info. The wailers form has increased becos of Dollar wahala.

Has this man not heard of 'The Deji Adeyanju Bill'? That's the in-thing now Ooo. Nobody is planning to restrict anybody on social media again


Say whatever you want to say on social media but don't complain when Thirty slaps come flying in from Left right and centre

Change u sought.. Change u got


U were earlier warned!!!


your change. Enjoy!!!

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I am hoarding these wailer's forms... Sorry Momodu the time isn't ripe yet; wail some more