{"id":44687,"date":"2015-12-08T05:31:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T04:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=44687"},"modified":"2015-12-08T05:31:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T04:31:07","slug":"social-media-bill-count-me-out-buhari-tells-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/social-media-bill-count-me-out-buhari-tells-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Bill: Count Me Out, Buhari tells Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unexpected deluge of criticisms against an attempt by privileged
\nmembers of the Nigerian upper legislative chamber, the Senate, to enact an
\nanti New Media law on Monday<\/span><\/span> forced President Muhammadu Buhari to openly
\ndistance himself from the legislative misadventure.<\/p>\n

President Muhammadu Buhari, who had come under serious criticisms of being
\nthe \u201chand of Esau\u201d on the proposed law sponsored by lawmakers from his
\nruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) said he would deny the bill
\nwhich passed a second reading in record eight days, his assent if the law
\ncomes on his desk.<\/p>\n

The influential Online Publishers Association (OPA) had suspected the
\nadministration of trying to re-harsh an infamous Decree 4 of 1984 through
\nwhich Buhari as a military dictator muzzled and hampered the media.
\nBut Buhari came out on Monday<\/span><\/span> proclaiming himself a champion of
\nconstitutionality.<\/p>\n

The controversial bill, although garnished as an endeavour to deal
\ndecisively with speculative and fraudulent publications on internet social
\nplatforms, is a misadventure to target and destroy Nigerian Online news
\norganizations, particularly Sahara Reporters and others which operate from
\nthe diaspora.<\/p>\n

Apart from the APC sponsored bill, the new Minister of Information and
\nCulture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, has allegedly endorsed secret memos to
\nministries and agencies of the Nigerian government to deny accreditation
\nand advertisement patronage to some marked down online news websites.
\nCorrespondents of on-line news outlets were left out of the fact finding
\ntrip led by Mr. Lai Mohammed to the theatre of war in the North \u2013East last
\nweek.
\nApart from the deliberate moves to cripple the online news organizations,
\nbeat organizations are being proliferated in ministries like Education to
\ndeny journalists operating with internet platforms access. Journalists who
\nwork with so-called mainstream newspapers, radio and television stations
\nare encouraged and funded to denigrate their new media colleagues.
\nApart from the anti-New Media antics of Minister Mohammed, inspite of
\nBuhari\u2019s avowal of commitment to the freedom of expression and free press,
\npresidential minders like Messrs Femi Adesina, Shehu Garba and pastor
\nLaolu Akande are said to have advised and agreed with decisions taken
\nallegedly in \u201cnational security interest\u201d to deny accreditation to fellow
\nNigerians to freely practice and report from Aso Rock Presidential Villa.
\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Monday<\/span><\/span> distanced himself from the proposed
\nSocial Media Bill currently being debated in the senate seeking to
\nrestrict Nigerians from \u201ccriticizing\u201d, political and public office
\nholders.
\nThe president stated that the principle of the bill was inconsistent with
\ndemocratic ideals of free speech enshrined in the constitution of the
\nland.<\/p>\n

He added that he had sworn to protect and uphold the dictates of the
\nconstitution and would not in anyway go against it.
\nSpeaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,
\nMalam Garba Shehu, president Buhari however stated that \u201che is not averse
\nto lawful regulation, so long as that is done within the ambit of the
\nconstitution which he swore to uphold.
\nAccording him, free speech was central to democratic societies anywhere in
\nthe world.
\n\u201cThe President won\u2019t assent to any legislation that may be inconsistent
\nwith the constitution of Nigeria\u201d, he said.
\nHe further explained that without free speech, elected representatives
\nwon\u2019t be able to gauge public feelings and moods about governance issues.
\n\u201cAs a key component of democratic principles are so emotionally attached
\nto free speech that they would defend it with all their might\u201d, he said.
\nMalam Garba Shehu explained that President Buhari was fully aware of the
\npublic reservations about the proposed legislation but assured that there
\nwas no cause for alarm \u201cbecause the Senate is a democratic senate.
\nThe highly influential On-line Publishers Association, an umbrella
\norganization for some pioneer new-media platforms based outside Nigeria
\nand Nigeria-based news publishing websites described the initiative of the
\nBukola Saraki led senate to take its eye off the watch on critical
\nlegislations such as issues of pedophilia, copyright and intellectual
\ninfringement as a dubious misadventure.<\/p>\n

The President of the on-line publishers association, Mr. Olufemi Awoyemi,
\ndrew a parallel line between the proposed law and the infamous Decree 4 of
\n1984, through which Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, as the head of a dictatorial
\njunta, held the media and the Nigerian nation, by the jugular during his
\nill-fated military regime.
\nBelow is the detailed statement by the association:
\n\u201cWe, the entire board and members of Online Publishers Association condemn
\nin the strongest terms the motivation, process and purpose of the \u201cBill
\nfor an Act to Prohibit Frivolous Petitions and Other Matters Connected
\nTherewith\u201d which passed its 2nd reading at the Senate in a record eight
\n(8) days; and is now set for a public hearing subsequent to its being
\nreferred by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; to the committees on ICT,
\nJudiciary led by the Ethics and Privileges Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe align with the Nigerian public in describing this action by the
\nNigerian Senate as pure idleness, and an abandonment of the electoral
\nmandate to focus on laws for good governance to deliver increased welfare
\nfor the people. The Senate is seeking instead to restrict the scope of
\nhuman freedoms, growth of new platforms of social interaction and public
\naccountability.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving engaged and consulted widely with stakeholders in the country,
\nincluding members of the National Assembly and the ruling government; we
\noffer our support to the \u201cPublic March\u201d being organized by \u2018The Freedom of
\nInformation Coalition in Nigeria; on the National Assembly and across the
\nnation on Tuesday, December 08, 2015<\/span><\/span>; amongst the many other lawful steps
\nto be taken individually and severally to not only stop this unjust law
\nbut to hold the lawmakers more accountable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposed bill immediately reminds the general public of the infamous
\nDecree 4 of 1984 passed under military rule; one that took away our
\nfreedoms. The continuous attempt at gagging members of the public was
\nagain re-enacted in 2011, when the Senate attempted to pass a bill by
\nanother APC Senator; for which ironically, the current members of the
\nSenate stepped down after extensive public outcry. This appears therefore
\nto be an on-going project in the Nigerian Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe planned action by the Senator Bukola Saraki led Senate seeks to
\nnegate Chapter IV section 39 of the Nigerian Constitution which provides
\nthat \u201cEvery person shall be entitled to freedom of expression, including
\nfreedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information
\nwithout interference\u201d. Equally, it seeks to set aside the UN Charter:
\nArticle 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948
\nwhich states that – \u201cEveryone has the right to freedom of opinion and
\nexpression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without
\ninterference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through
\nany media and regardless of frontiers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that online publication and social media use is a welcome
\ndisruptor consistent with the aspirations of Nigerians and we offer
\ncredible, integrity laden and purposeful lawmakers a different approach
\nthat adopts a strategy of assisting the Senate to re-orient any bill that
\nwould improve, sanitize and expand the frontiers and penetration of
\nresponsible online publishing and social media use.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are laws in other jurisdictions guiding internet use from which we
\ncan learn useful lessons from. Examples include the Computer Misuse Act
\n(1990) \u2013UK; Electronic Communications Act (2000) \u2013 UK; Electronic Commerce
\nRegulations (2000) \u2013 UK; Electronic Communications Act, 1999 \u2013 Australia;
\nElectronic Transactions Act, 1999 \u2013 Australia; Measures on the
\nAdministration of Internet Information Services, 2001 \u2013 China; Electronic
\nTransactions and Commerce Law No 2 of 2002 \u2013 Dubai; Act on the
\nDissemination of Publications and Media Contents Harmful to Youth –
\nGermany; Digital Signature Act, 1997 \u2013 Germany; Child Online Protection
\nAct, 1998 – United States; and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act,
\n1986 – United States; to mention a few.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe summary of our position is thus: If the Senate is really interested
\nin providing national interest governance over the use of the internet or
\nelectronic communication, as indicated in Sections 3 and 4 of the proposed
\nBill (bearing in mind the cybercrimes bill of 2014), there are other areas
\nof intervention that can be in public interest such as
\ncopyright\/intellectual property, anonymity\/pseudonymity regulation,
\neditorial rules compliance, obscenity, privacy, child molestation,
\npedophilia, harassment, competition rules etc.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attempt to jump from petitions\/affidavit to electronic communication
\nis dubious at best with no clear guidance on interpretations for intent,
\npetition, and other issues covered under the Freedom of Information Act
\nand protection of whistleblowers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are two different issues. While the emphasis on affidavits seeks to
\ntie the hands of the petitioner with a threat of perjury, the extension
\nviolates basic human rights, and runs counter to the letter and spirit of
\ncertain extant laws: the mischief that the law maker seeks to address in
\nthis regard is however already taken care of by other extant laws, to wit:
\nthe laws on libel and defamation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe relationship between government and new media may be complex, but it
\nmay well be the case that majority of the people expect government to
\ncontrol offensive or dangerous media and communications, whether old or
\nnew; but not to shield dubious, corrupt and fraudulent conduct by public
\nofficials.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, instead of seeing censorship as an untoward governmental
\nintrusion into a domain of legitimate private choice, we believe a more
\nconstructive engagement with key stakeholders can elevate the subject to
\nthe domain of public interest and help guide an ill-informed Senate
\ntowards more enlightened direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, in pushing ahead with this bill, the Nigerian Senate has only
\nsucceeded in representing itself as a \u201cThreat\u201d to Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nigerian On-line journalists do not view the current exercise by the
\nSenate as an isolated affair. It took the intervention of former President
\nGoodluck Jonathan and his then media adviser, Dr. Reuben Abati, to get
\nindividuals like Jackson Ude, Omoyele Sowore, Oladimeji Abitogun and
\nChurchill Umoren off the official harassment list of the State Security
\nService (SSS).<\/p>\n

The Nigerian on-line news community broke every barrier and irresponsible
\ninhibitions to expand the frontiers of truth and objectivity in
\njournalism.<\/p>\n

At a time when traditional media organizations went into complacency and
\ncomplicity on high level deceit, corruption and mendacity in governance,
\nthe online community, especially in the diaspora, shattered the ceilings
\nand democratized Africa\u2019s media space.<\/p>\n

Many of the hitherto army of unemployed youths in the country are
\nre-trained and hired by some on-line news outlets.<\/p>\n

The attempt to destroy on-line journalism is seen as serious economic
\nsabotage as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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