The National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo
Dasuki (rtd.), says the Federal Government
plans to introduce a law to ban and block all
P0*n websites in the country.
Dasuki said this at the closing ceremony of a
three-day workshop on use of social media
organised for Islamic preachers, Imams and
youths by the national body of Izalatil Bid'a
Wa'iqamatis Sunna (JIBWIS)in Kaduna on
Sunday. The workshop was aimed at
correcting anomalies in the use of social
media.
"Government is planning to ban and block
websites that inculcate negative attitudes in
our children but we need a law to support
such move," Dasuki, who was represented by
the Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru
Turaki said.
"Because without a law, people can go to
court and claim infringement on their rights."
He urged preachers to avoid the use of
unguided utterances against leaders, saying
preachers were not politicians, but they must
play politics.
Speaking at the workshop, Kaduna State
Governor, Muktar Yero stressed the need for
credible people to join politics in order to
contribute their quota toward sanitizing the
system.
He cautioned people against the use of social
media to blackmail others.
Yero called on Muslims to be united and
intensify efforts on prayers toward violent-free
elections.
The National Chairman of JIBWIS, organiser
of the workshop, Sheikh Abdullahi Bala-Lau,
appealed to the Federal Government to do
everything within its power to avoid
bloodshed, especially in the North-Eastern
sub-region.
He also urged leaders in the country to ensure
equity, justice and fair play in leading
Nigerian citizens irrespective of their religious
affiliation.