Tinubu’s Chief Of Staff, Gbajabiamila Lands In Trouble Over Calls For Social Media Regulation
Gbajabiamila, while representing President Bola Tinubu at the launch of a book written by Babatunde Fashola, former minister of works, on Thursday in Lagos stressed the importance of accurate information in policy formulation and national development
Nigerians on X platform (formerly Twitter) have lambasted the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila over the purported plan to regulate social media platforms in the country.
So Femi Gbajabiamila & Tinubu left the main issues wrecking the country and wants to divert their attention to Social Media that has been helpful to the Nation🤔
Corruption, kidnapping, K!lings everywhere but no talks to regulate it.
APC and misplace priorities are 5&6 pic.twitter.com/8sefP1QHzO
— Chinaza Ⓜ️ (@MuchTalksBlog1) February 9, 2024
Femi Gbajabiamila is more concerned with “Regulating social media” So social media is now the bandits? Or those kidn@ppers in the country? Sigh 😔
INDEED THERE WAS A COUNTRY. pic.twitter.com/jR6eLSZOzQ
— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) February 9, 2024
The prices of this morning, are no longer the prices of this evening.
And this prices of today, will no longer be the prices of tomorrow.
But Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Femi Gbajabiamila’s problem is how to gag and regulate social media — the only opposition party in Nigeria.
— Mazi Nathan (@rukky_nate) February 9, 2024
It was Desmond Elliot, now it’s Femi Gbajabiamila calling for social media regulation as if we are in Iran, Saudi Arabia or North Korea.
Social media is not the problem but bad governance and poor leadership.
Sir, @femigbaja, no one will complain or talk down on you with… pic.twitter.com/PkMKM0Mu7p
— President Eniola Daniel (@UnlimitedEniola) February 9, 2024
My message to Femi Gbajabiamila🙌
Before regulating social media in Nigeria, I urged you to use same energy to regulate Poverty, unemployment, inflation, food security and foreign exchange.
With all current problems in Nigeria, you (Gbaja) only problem is social media??? LOL… pic.twitter.com/FRVY7LAcgY
— Comrade Abiyos Roni. (@AbbaM_Abiyos) February 9, 2024
Gbajabiamila, while representing President Bola Tinubu at the launch of a book written by Babatunde Fashola, former minister of works, on Thursday in Lagos stressed the importance of accurate information in policy formulation and national development.
He warned against the danger of using social media in the dissemination of wrong information which has almost torn the country apart, stressing the need to regularize the framework of news dissemination on social media to avoid misinformation in the country.
“The social media has become a societal menace and must be regulated.
“As many people do not understand that once the send button is hit, there is a potential to reach millions of people around the world which is capable of causing great danger not just in the society but even unintended consequences to the individuals that are receiving information which may include security of life.
“As citizens become more interested in governance, it is the government’s obligation to ensure that engagement with citizens springs with shared agreement on what the truth is, what is real and what is not,” he said.
Reacting to Gbajabiamila’s comment, Nigerian netizens described it as a misplaced priority and urged the government to focus more on pressing socioeconomic issues affecting the country.
