”If we don’t regulate social media, it will destroy us” – Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed has said that if social media isn’t regulate, it will bring nothing but destruction to the nation of Nigeria.

Speaking before the House Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, today he said the government isn’t seeking to shut down social media space in the country because “the social media has come to stay” but regulations must be put in place to regulate how people churn out stuff.

He is quoted by THE PUNCH to have said ;

“The biggest challenge facing Nigeria today is fake news and misinformation. Based on that, we dedicated an entire National Council on Information’s meeting to that issue, after which we launched a national campaign against fake news in July 2018.

“We said, then, that the next war will be fought without a shot being fired, but with the use of fake news. We didn’t stop there. We went on a tour of all media houses to solicit their support in the fight against fake news. We launched the campaign to regulate social media, which was bitterly contested by the stakeholders. We kept saying that if we don’t regulate social media, it will destroy us.”