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The\nFirst Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari has called for the regulation of social media,\nnoting that China with about 1.3 billion people had done so, stressing that\nmany people could not visit their villages on account of fake news broadcasts.
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\nShe also\nberated state governors for failing to provide basic social amenities and\ninfrastructure.
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\nShe said\nthat things were getting out of hand, saying that her husband alone cannot\nhandle the challenges facing the nation and admonished the political leaders to\nwork together to bail the country of out of the challenges. She spoke on Friday\nat the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) General Assembly\nand National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at the National Mosque Abuja, with\nthe theme, \u201cIslam and National Development\u201d.
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\nShe said,\n\u201cOn this issue of social media, you cannot just sit in the comfort of your\nhouse and tweet that the Vice President has resigned. It is a serious issue. If\nChina can control over 1.3bn people on social media, I see no reason why\nNigeria cannot attempt controlling only 180m people.\u201d
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\nThe Vice\nPresident Yemi Osinbajo while formally declaring the conference opened,\nadmonished Nigerians to be their brother\u2019s keeper regardless of their religious\naffiliation, as all Nigerians are equal. He stated, \u201cIt is my view that the\nweight of ensuring that this country is on the right track is on our leaders.\nWe should be our brother\u2019s keeper no matter the religion. We should always be\nready to make sacrifices for one another.
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\nWe have\nreligious and tribal tension in this country. Many are beating the drum of\nethnic and religious war. We are at a historic juncture of our nation.\u201d
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\nThe NSCIA\nPresident-General and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa\u2019ad Abubakar III\nin his opening remarks, said the nation must come together to address its\nchallenges, insisting that girl-child education and the Almajiri phenomenon\nmust be addressed urgently.
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\nHe also\ndisagreed with the calls for social media regulation, stating that there were\nlaws to deal with the abuse of the platforms. \u201cI have received so many calls on\nthe need to regulate social media. In Nigeria, there are so many laws that can\ndeal with this issue. \u201cSome people even proposed having a hate speech law.
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\nWe must\naccept the outcome of whatever the people decided. After all, people voted for\nour political leaders. Let us listen to the voices of the people. It is\nimportant for us to do the wish of Nigerians,\u201d the Sultan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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