Nigerian Twitter Slams Senate Over Social Media Bill

Earlier today, Bala Ibn Na’Allah (pictured above), a multi-term Senator representing Kebbi state, sponsored a bill which passed into second reading at the Senate. The bill is seeking two years imprisonment with an option of N2 million fine for any Nigerian who posts “abusive statements” on the social media.

Nigerians seem to be having none of that and took to Twitter to express their opposition. Here’s their tweets:

Give us light/fuel, No! Give us jobs, No! Give us free WiFi, No! Subsidize our data plans, No! Jail on top my own data? #NoToSocialMediaBill

— odehbryanblog (@munchkin_afoke) December 2, 2015

I am 100% sure that we will close down d Senate & send all Senators back to where they belong if this bill is passed #NoToSocialMediaBill

— Ali George (@aligthebaptist) December 2, 2015

A government looking for ways to cripple freedom of speech and expression is slowly becoming tyrannic. #NoToSocialMediaBill

— Damilare Joseph (@dre4success) December 2, 2015

A government that doesn’t pay for our data subscriptions can’t tell us what to tweet. #NoToSocialMediaBill

— Opu Abadi (@spanishaboki) December 2, 2015

So instead of creating jobs for the youths they want to make prison the new office. #NoToSocialMediaBill http://pic.twitter.com/x7yrK0fBAD

— Okowright Balaxy (@PrinceBalaxy) December 2, 2015

The social media (Twitter especially) have been able to increase political awareness and orientation. They fear that. #NOtosocialmediabill

— Wuyi (@owuyi) December 2, 2015

I’m just here wondering if we are about to become north Korea #NoToSocialMediaBill

— schwarzen hengst (@antonio_zimo) December 2, 2015

How devilish can APC get? Used social media 2sell lies,propaganda. now they want 2burn that bridge so no1 else uses it?#NoToSocialMediaBill

— Etoro (@Etoro111) December 2, 2015

Someone shld pls remind them that DEMOCRACY is abt⤵ Freedom of SPEECH✔ Freedom of ‘TWEETS’✔ No be Military REGIME ooo #NoToSocialMediaBill

— Kemi Ariyo (@d_problemsolver) December 2, 2015

Everyone who values his or her right must express a resounding #NoToSocialMediaBill

— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) December 2, 2015

The country is going wards, They wanna take away our freedom on here. Next thing they’ll do is shut down media houses. #NoToSocialMediaBill

— BennyCapricorn (@BennyCapricorn) December 2, 2015

The only thing Apc could think of after hearing the cry of the youths concerning #our5k was to kill our voice. #NoToSocialMediaBill

— olori Rookie (@aunty_ifeoma) December 3, 2015

Our senators are funny. They propose 2 years jail 4 tweeting 140 characters. That’s nearly a week per character. Chai #NoToSocialMediaBill

— Kingsley Okechukwu (@Oke4chukwu) December 3, 2015

Instead Of Creating Jobs For Youth they want to Make the Prisons A New Office #NoToSocialMediaBill

— I FOLLOW BACK (@wiilkilz) December 3, 2015

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