The lawmaker representing Daura Federal Constituency of Katsina State in the House of Representatives, Fatahu Muhammad, has defended the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria, asking the youths to leave the social media matter and focus on what is important.
Fatahu Muhammad, who at different times have been said to be the President’s cousin and then nephew said this on Tuesday during the investigative hearing organised by the House joint committees on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values alongside the National Security, Justice and Commerce, on the suspension of Twitter.
According to him, the social media needs to be regulated in order for youth to put Nigeria first and face the real problems. Muhammad expressed his disappointment at Nigerian youth, noting that Twitter was not food that Nigerians required and the youths should rather focus on the nation. “For God sake, what is social media? Are we eating social media? Let us go back to the resources, and harvest them, and let keep this thing aside, and face the real problem in Nigeria”, he said. Read also: We’ll Suspend Any Social Media Platform Used To Bring Down Nigeria – Lai Mohammed Warns Facebook And Instagram
Adding that if Twitter was not suspended after they pulled down Buhari’s tweet, the insults to the sovereignty of Nigeria would have been more, Muhammad insists Nigeria comes first. “We should please regulate the media. If the minister did not ban Twitter on the instruction of the President, the kind of insults to the sovereignty of Nigeria from the users of Twitter would be more than what we are facing. Let us tell ourselves the truth, Nigeria comes first. Sometimes, when I am reading tweets, I am disappointed with the youth because we are the future of Nigeria,” he added.
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