Generally, freedom of expression means the liberty of every person to speak openly, discuss issues, hold opinions and impart ideas without restrictions, restraints or fear of punishment by folks considered to be higher in authority. In Nigeria, Freedom of expression is protected by section 39 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria …
Generally, freedom of expression means the liberty of every person to speak openly, discuss issues, hold opinions and impart ideas without restrictions, restraints or fear of punishment by folks considered to be higher in authority.
It shows that the country has leaders who ordinarily do not want to be held accountable. It further reveals the agenda of the government about the anti-social media bill. For most Nigerian social media users, they never thought of a day when VPN would be an option to communicate online but here we are, the unexpected is happening.
Twitter deleted Buhari’s genocidal tweets like it would have done to the U.S. president and any other person in the world with ridiculous comments. That should not be an opportunity to gag expressions of citizens.The government of Nigeria is simply trying to impose ‘an edit button’ in the way and manner through which citizens express themselves on issues affecting the nation.
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