'At the moment however, much is not heard of the bill. Media speculators now ponder if the said bill is already dead or hibernated to a temporary recess. Or one may simply ask if it has become a good riddance to bad rubbish.' Nigeria FreedomOfSpeech
and entire legal jurisprudence. But it appears to be one of the most confronted genre of fundamental freedoms in Nigeria. There are litanies of past events that buttress and strengthen this claim.
But whatever or howsoever is the case with the bill, its birth has never been smooth as its sojourn has been riddled with wide criticisms and cold reception. Invariably, available indices show that the relationship between the government and the governed in Nigeria can be best likened to that of ‘cat and dog’ when it comes to holding public opinion via the media; be it print or electronic media.
In the same vein, the same 1999 Constitution in Section 39 & provides that Every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference,” adding that Without prejudice to the generality of subsection of this section, everyperson shall be entitled to own, establish and operate any medium for the dissemination of information, ideas and opinions.
It is the humble view of this treatise that the civil society organizations such as the human rights bodies and by extension, the judiciary, have significant roles to play in ensuring that freedom of expression and sundry freedoms do not die a perpetual death in Nigeria. The time to rise against this perennial impunity, mischief and draconian legislature is long overdue. Nigerian society must of necessity be delivered from the shackles of anti-freedom enactments.
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