Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has asked the house of representatives to enact a law to regulate social and online media in Nigeria.
He stated this at a public hearing organized by the house on Wednesday.
He asked the lawmakers to amend the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) act to empower the agency to regulate social and online media.
The public hearing was organized by the house committee on information, national orientation, ethics, and values on a bill to amend the NBC act.
Section two (b) of the NBC act states: “(1) The Commission shall have [the] responsibility of Receiving, processing and considering applications for the establishment, ownership or operation of radio and television stations including (i) cable television services, direct satellite broadcast and any other medium of broadcasting.”
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Mohammed, however, wants the commission to also be able to regulate the online media in addition to other channels of broadcasting.
The minister said: “I want to add here specifically that internet broadcasting and all online media should be included in this because we have a responsibility to monitor contents, including Twitter.”
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This is coming at a time when the federal government suspended the operations of social media platforms, Twitter in the country.
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