FG not planning shutting down social media, but regulate it –Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Thursday said that the Federal Government of was not planning shutting it down social media in the country but regulate it.

Mohammed disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja.

The minister claimed social media was used wrongly to cause mayhem in the aftermath of the #EndSARSprotest.

He said the government would only work with stakeholders to regulate the social media activities in the country.

Nigerians have already rejected plans by the government to regulate the social media, insisting that it will infringe on citizens’ rights to freedom of expression.