The Federal Government of Nigeria has maintained it will go ahead with the proposed social media regulation.
According to the Federal Government, the regulation was necessary to checkmate the surge of fake news, which it said almost plunged the nation into disintegration during the recent #EndSARS protests.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said social media was used to guide arsonists and looters to certain properties.
He said the development has reinforced the campaign against fake news and disinformation, which was launched in 2018.
