The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has denied the allegation that he is behind the Hate Speech Bill at the National Assembly.
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Abdullahi stated this against the backdrop of impending sanctions faced by Nigeria following its inclusion on the special watchlist of the United States Government over high cases of religious and ethnic persecution.
According to Oladele in a chat with our correspondent on Friday, the revolution in information technology and evolution of internet publishing over the years has introduced a new challenge to the world of communication, law and the Courts alike.
Howard stated this during a meeting with the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate and sponsor of the Hate Speech Bill, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, at the National Assembly, Abuja.
General Babangida, while making this disclosure when he received the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Chief Christopher Isiguzo, who paid him a courtesy visit at his Minna uphill residence, said: “There is no basis for the Hate Speech Bill.”
Abdullahi, who is the Deputy Chief Whip in the Senate, assured that the death penalty proposed in the bill would be amended by the Senate “when it is subjected to legislative input at the National Assembly”.