This is exactly what is expected. Constructive disagreement without hate. Kudos

faruqola:
I will rather go for the sultan idea.... we shouldn't compare ourselves to China in such aspect (population)... their system of government is different from ours....

It is not just about tolerance. What about the consequences of reckless comments, who handles that? I am sure you know what power the tongue holds. What might have prevented the Rwandan genocide? Mere tolerance?

megama:
if other past administrations has practiced china system of government do you thing Apc government will be here today we must learn to tolerate each other .clear conscience fears no accusations

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jahsharon:


And it is the fastest developing nation in the world. Shouldn't we copy them? Our President too is a Soldier and definitely not a democrat. So he has something in common with the Chinese leader.

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NaMeAboki:
Nothing more is threatening the peace and unity of this country than hate speeches and fake news, fuelled by social media and at the altar of religious platforms - the sooner we realise the need to regulate these outlets the better.

There is no such thing as absolute freedom of speech because with freedom also comes responsibility; nobody should feel free to incite other ppl to violence and hatred without expecting to take responsibility or to be held responsible for it.

Failed politicians and irresponsible individuals too often resort to blackmail as local champions of ethnicity and religion; unfortunately, the seeds of hatred and division they have sowed may long outlive their short term selfish objectives.

The damage caused by the current numerous of attacks directed at Buhari because of his religion, region and ethnicity would pass onto many generations long after his political and actual life.

Nigeria cannot afford to self- destruct due the selfish interest of a few individuals, who continue to irreparably damage it under the guise of free speech.

Very good camoflague of your intentions until the second to the last paragraph where your punt for the President surfaces.

That is where it all falls flat and gives ammunition to those who say the former president was criticised and perhaps harangued much more on social media.

And yes, more ammunition to those who see this as the deepening of the personalisation of goverment.

I remember then that I warned in clear terms (check my posts of 2014/2015) that the APC and its supporters were setting a precedence in the media storming of goverment that would be difficult to recover from.

So here we are years down the line you want us to support laws to dismantle your own creations.

First of all, laws should not be made for the protection of one individual(s) interest against the interests of the majority. Or laws made to benefit an individual against the profit of the majority.

Secondly, laws should not be made after the sensibilities and tastes of individuals when viewed against the interests of the public particularly as regards tenured elected goverments. If not it may becone impossible to change such goverments whether they perform or not.

Finally, the power to criticise and oppose freely is the clear distinction between democracy and autocracy. Democracy is all about holding power in a flux. The moment you begin to tinker with and counter the balance of power in favour of either side democracy begins to falter and inevitably breaks down with devastating consequences suchas we have seen in much of Africa and its underdevelopment for decades.

A call to office and leadership in a democracy is not a tea party. The world over leaders come out looking spent, aged and shrivelled. It has no attraction but the passion to serve and sacrifice to drive home an ideology to better the country and her peoples.

You and your President must understand that.

And you have just commented intellectually? What more are you expecting from the VeePee?

uncjay:
I know the praises heaped on this woman by Nigerians will short lived sooner than later. A leopard can never change its skin. Once a brain drain always a brain drain. Nothing good comes of the Fulani in Aso Rock, or anything associated with it.


And what was the supposedly intellectual VP Academic saying pls?

Now that we have the 'Rubber Stamp' Senate, people are in trouble. That's why I hail Saraki, the most strongest Senate President, yet failed to be understood by many.

If this is what you call Democracy, then America and Europe could have dissentegrated since. We borrow our anti-social policies and ideas from China, yet we failed to borrow their Judicial System of governance.

Anyways, Papa God dey.

jahsharon:


And it is the fastest developing nation in the world. Shouldn't we copy them? Our President too is a Soldier and definitely not a democrat. So he has something in common with the Chinese leader.

let's copy china's authoritarian ways, but not it's anti corruption laws or economic development plans.

You probably have brain tumor

Its sad that with the pressing needs like constant power supply, good roads, properly funded and managed public schools, properly equipped hospitals...high unemployment rate, the list is endless. But its gagging people that interest these so called leaders who rigged themselves into power because you should actually deserve reelection based on your performance in office. I can recall someone saying baboons will soak in blood and so on just because he failed an election. Imagine if we had this social media bill back then, would he even be here today? People are angry that's why they criticise your govt, if you were performing you wouldn't be scared of the criticism. My uncle once told me that criticism is like fertilizer, it smells bad but makes the plants grow. You can't stifle the poor suffering masses with your evil bill. If the kitchen is too hot, then leave it.

They Sha want us to go back to military G, if you know you know .

Of course his second to the last paragraph would come to the fray because it is much deeper than what he has expressed. It isn’t about the president or the presidency, but about a tribe and a religion. He only used Buhari as the focal point to reference the attack on the people of the Fulani stock to which our president happens to tribally belong to.

Do you honestly fault his comment that the effect of this ethnic profiling of the Fulani as terrorists or killers will outlive the presidency under Buhari? Reason again and you will understand the import of the dastardly act by uncontrolled free-speaking citizens.

Remember the free-speaking Hutus and Tutsis were simply expressing themselves, but with so much hatred. The consequences? Over 800,000 souls needlessly lost within 3 months! Even religious leaders as highly placed as Archbishops played active roles in these barbaric acts.

Pursuant to the 2015 elections, you will realise that we never heard that PDP was a Christian political party. But you can’t deny that the APC was called an Islamic political party simply because of the the political choice of its members. We all remember the unfortunate statement from the then First Lady, Patience Jonathan, referring to a people of a section of the country as ‘born troway.’ With so much wisdom and patience (which the First Lady didn’t have), the people of that region simply responded that they would reply her on the 28th of March 2015. I believe we are all witnesses to the mandate given to Muhammadu Buhari, which is now history.

So, talking about hate speech, we all knew the roles played by the members of the then ruling party PDP and their supporters in propagating the act. AIT was the media vessel for this, what with ‘The Lion of Bourdillon’ documentary and that made about Buhari. Let’s just be honest and fair in our comments.

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Very good camoflague of your intentions until the second to the last paragraph where your punt for the President surfaces.

That is where it all falls flat and gives ammunition to those who say the former president was criticised and perhaps harangued much more on social media.

And yes, more ammunition to those who see this as the deepening of the personalisation of goverment.

I remember then that I warned in clear terms (check my posts of 2014/2015) that the APC and its supporters were setting a precedence in the media storming of goverment that would be difficult to recover from.

So here we are years down the line you want us to support laws to dismantle your own creations.

First of all, laws should not be made for the protection of one individual(s) interest against the interests of the majority. Or laws made to benefit an individual against the profit of the majority.

Secondly, laws should not be made after the sensibilities and tastes of individuals when viewed against the interests of the public particularly as regards tenured elected goverments. If not it may becone impossible to change such goverments whether they perform or not.

Finally, the power to criticise and oppose freely is the clear distinction between democracy and autocracy. Democracy is all about holding power in a flux. The moment you begin to tinker with and counter the balance of power in favour of either side democracy begins to falter and inevitably breaks down with devastating consequences suchas we have seen in much of Africa and its underdevelopment for decades.

A call to office and leadership in a democracy is not a tea party. The world over leaders come out looking spent, aged and shrivelled. It has no attraction but the passion to serve and sacrifice to drive home an ideology to better the country and her peoples.

You and your President must understand that.

LegoxMetahuman:

china has one of the best road network in the world, when will buari do that in nigeria?

china is also one of the best country in the world. where is nigeria?

china has some of the best infrastructures in the world, when is nigeria going to copy that?



quite disappointing this loads of crap is coming from her.

I think we should keep this flowing since the first lady is suggesting we should be copying the good things from China; China hang their corrupt government official and politicians when is Nigeria going to copy that?

Kwanza:
The First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari has called for the regulation of social media, noting that China with about 1.3 billion people had done so, stressing that many people could not visit their villages on account of fake news broadcasts.

She also berated state governors for failing to provide basic social amenities and infrastructure.

She said that things were getting out of hand, saying that her husband alone cannot handle the challenges facing the nation and admonished the political leaders to work together to bail the country of out of the challenges. She spoke on Friday at the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) General Assembly and National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at the National Mosque Abuja, with the theme, “Islam and National Development”.

She said, “On this issue of social media, you cannot just sit in the comfort of your house and tweet that the Vice President has resigned. It is a serious issue. If China can control over 1.3bn people on social media, I see no reason why Nigeria cannot attempt controlling only 180m people.”

The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo while formally declaring the conference opened, admonished Nigerians to be their brother’s keeper regardless of their religious affiliation, as all Nigerians are equal. He stated, “It is my view that the weight of ensuring that this country is on the right track is on our leaders. We should be our brother’s keeper no matter the religion.We should always be ready to make sacrifices for one another.

We have religious and tribal tension in this country. Many are beating the drum of ethnic and religious war. We are at a historic juncture of our nation.”

The NSCIA President-General and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III in his opening remarks, said the nation must come together to address its challenges, insisting that girl-child education and the Almajiri phenomenon must be addressed urgently.

He also disagreed with the calls for social media regulation, stating that there were laws to deal with the abuse of the platforms. “I have received so many calls on the need to regulate social media. In Nigeria, there are so many laws that can deal with this issue. “Some people even proposed having a hate speech law.

We must accept the outcome of whatever the people decided. After all, people voted for our political leaders. Let us listen to the voices of the people. It is important for us to do the wish of Nigerians,” the Sultan said.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/aisha-buhari-disagrees-with-sultan-insists-on-social-media-regulation.html

I don't know what is hate speech is saying somebody have resigned or not ,if the person has not resign let him come out and say so

jahsharon:


This hatred that your parents planted in you is the reason why you are sad, angry, bitter, depressed and suicidal.

educate us you were taste hatred from womb n is running in your blood

Minjim:
China is not a democracy

But the PDP through its VP candidate wants us to borrow a leaf from China or is it just only economic matters, while pretending not to know that China's laws mainly repressive are the bedrock of their economic "wonderment".

descartes400:

na wa o..
Some one is useless for airing her opinion from her own point of view? , an opinion that neither contain hate speech or incite full statements....yet you term her useless?

Clapp for your self! You should be ashamed of your self and your upbringing.

you're also useless

jahsharon:


And it is the fastest developing nation in the world. Shouldn't we copy them? Our President too is a Soldier and definitely not a democrat. So he has something in common with the Chinese leader.

you want to compare Buhari to Xi? You are obviously drunk

it's her Brain that needs to be regulated

Peter obi said we can be like China apc nearly murder him and call him a Chinese man.

Now wife of the president say we can copy same China all apc now clapping.

Jokers.

EagleSquare1:
Of course his second to the last paragraph would come to the fray because it is much deeper than what he has expressed. It isn’t about the president or the presidency, but about a tribe and a religion. He only used Buhari as the focal point to reference the attack on the people of the Fulani stock to which our president happens to tribally belong to.

Do you honestly fault his comment that the effect of this ethnic profiling of the Fulani as terrorists or killers will outlive the presidency under Buhari? Reason again and you will understand the import of the dastardly act by uncontrolled free-speaking citizens.

Remember the free-speaking Hutus and Tutsis were simply expressing themselves, but with so much hatred. The consequences? Over 800,000 souls needlessly lost within 3 months! Even religious leaders as highly placed as Archbishops played active roles in these barbaric acts.

Pursuant to the 2015 elections, you will realise that we never heard that PDP was a Christian political party. But you can’t deny that the APC was called an Islamic political party simply because of the the political choice of its members. We all remember the unfortunate statement from the then First Lady, Patience Jonathan, referring to a people of a section of the country as ‘born troway.’ With so much wisdom and patience (which the First Lady didn’t have), the people of that region simply responded that they would reply her on the 28th of March 2015. I believe we are all witnesses to the mandate given to Muhammadu Buhari, which is now history.

So, talking about hate speech, we all knew the roles played by the members of the then ruling party PDP and their supporters in propagating the act. AIT was the media vessel for this, what with ‘The Lion of Bourdillon’ documentary and that made about Buhari. Let’s just be honest and fair in our comments.

Much like you guys, I don't pick sides in arguments or champion tribal sentiments. No one on this forum can even try to imagine from which ethnic group I come from because technically speaking I have no ethnicty and absolutely find tribe and culture of no positive consequence and a serious challenge to our development.

Having said that your argument in summary is that because the fulani tribe and by extension the president is being profiled we should pass laws we fully know the real purpose of which is to crack down against dissent.

I want to take you up on the fact that the previous president and the peoples of the Niger-Delta have been racially profiled ever since Ken Saro Wiwa was hanged for agitation against the cruel exploitation of the resources and the peoples of that region. Did the past president call for a censorship. No he called for understanding.

I will tell you that every tribe will get a mouthful in the media when the maxim in office comes from that tribe because he will play regional politics, administer nepotistically and be seen as an ethnic champion. And it has been so. The west got an ear full when OBJ was in office the degree to which he was viewed as a nationalist.

If the fulani tribe is in the cross hairs it is because of perceived acts of taking undue advantage of power, nepotism, and other unpatriotic, deeply divisive acts perpetuated at the highest levels of government. It is the duty of leadership to douse these tensions not enflame them or ignore them and expect people not to speak out aggressively.

Once again, leadership is all about sacrifice, the failure of which destroys society.

Fist of all you dundee, recent estimates say our population is 201 million.
Secondly, you take advice from China? China is an authoritarian/communist state, they're oppressive, can't you see what they're doing in Hong Kong? Is this fool learned at all?

EagleSquare1:
It is not just about tolerance. What about the consequences of reckless comments, who handles that? I am sure you know what power the tongue holds. What might have prevented the Rwandan genocide? Mere tolerance?

Social media trolls/posts didn't cause the Rwandan genocide

jahsharon:


And it is the fastest developing nation in the world. Shouldn't we copy them? Our President too is a Soldier and definitely not a democrat. So he has something in common with the Chinese leader.

Fast developing nation on earth? Are you sound? Do you understand the trade war between China and the US? What do you want to copy from China? Their authoritarian style of government? Or the way their police are brutalizing people in Hong Kong? Or how they put spy cams in African Union's HQs? Or how they're sinking African countries in billions of dollars in debt? Stop talking nonsense. Condemn evil when you see it. It is regulating speech on social media now, soon it will be regulating content on news channels on TV, and so on.
We're a DEMOCRACY, NOT A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT.

Mummyfour:
How has osinbajo been a brothers keeper even as a pastor and Christian?. Just asking on behalf of Leah sharibu's parents.

Hmmmmm very true and deep.

Osinbajo has bn nothing but a blind follower as he’s eating from the same pot as Buhari and his wicked crew.

Please who invited Aisha ...... to be part of FG, I thought Buhari lied earlier on that no fund wasting First Lady office in this government.

Slowly and stylishly Aisha Buhari is acting like we voted for her.

She lost me when she went to Kogi State to beg and ask for people to vote for her Abu University BF ...


She’s inconsistent, clueless and a chameleon.......

All ds noise about fine like she’s come cleopartra ..... I see a deamon with make up on and nothing more.

Just a few more years

History will judge you your husband and your family

I supported Buhari the first term but ds rigged one I saw the light that he’s clueless

jahsharon:


And it is the fastest developing nation in the world. Shouldn't we copy them? Our President too is a Soldier and definitely not a democrat. So he has something in common with the Chinese leader.

You leave China's rapid expansion of roads, building of power plants, building of brand new cities, billions of dollars invested in research, launch of satellites, funding home grown processor chip and you're campaigning for social media regulations.

Patrioticman007:
What ?.If China can control over 1.3bn people on social media, I see no reason why Nigeria cannot attempt controlling only 180m people.

Do China have Jews ?. Do China have 5% enemies of state ?. Do China have 8ters ?. Solve the above problems, you solve 70% of Nigerias problems.

And if I ask for your certificate, you'll produce one.

Yeye bello don use pr1ck RESET this bipolar oza room woman brain. She thinks she can play mind games with Nigerians. Silly cunt

True colors showing.

EagleSquare1:
And you have just commented intellectually? What more are you expecting from the VeePee?

Lolz...


Your position is yet uncertain..... keep at it.

Aisha Buhari opened her mouth and the entire air circulation in Nigeria stunk like rotten egg.

China gave death penalty to looters years back, so y don't u mention DAT, mumu woman.the same hate sppech your husband used to ride to power

EagleSquare1:
It is not just about tolerance. What about the consequences of reckless comments, who handles that? I am sure you know what power the tongue holds. What might have prevented the Rwandan genocide? Mere tolerance?

in essence ceasing the freedom of expression., both good and bad expression were affected. Their is nothing like freedom in all ramifications. Though propagandist do exist. We all know that but it is better to free a one man guilty of an offence than to condemn millions innocent. Take note