Federal government begins processes for social media sanitisation - Minister

Federal government begins processes for social media sanitisation - Minister

The Federal Government says it has commenced the process of injecting sanity into the Social Media space to prevent it from setting the nation on fire. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja. “As a matter of fact, we have already put in motion the machinery for this. “We have written letters to the major stakeholders who would nominate representatives and we are going to sit down together to decide on how best to confront this menace,’’ he said. The minister noted that the government had the responsibility to keep the country together, therefore, social media would not be left alone to destabilise the nation. He said the government welcomed the debate that had followed the decision and announcement to sanitise the social media space and the airwaves. “We are glad about the criticism because what we set out to achieve is to bring the matter to the front burner of discourse. “We are not under any illusion that the…