NIGERIANS CONDEMN LAGOS LAWMAKER, DESMOND ELIOT OVER COMMENTS ON THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Nigerians have taken to social media to condemn Lagos Lawmaker, Hon. Desmond Eliot, for his comments on the use of social media.
This comes barely 72 hours when Hon. Elliot denied pushing for the anti-social media bill in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
In a viral video that surfaced on social media, Elliot, the lawmaker representing Surulere 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, warned that Nigeria may not exist in the next five years if Nigeria’s social media space is not regulated.
The Nollywood veteran actor issued the warning while addressing the Lagos State House of Assembly at a plenary.
Elliot, who urged social media infleuncers and celebrities to stop spreading hate via social media, called on Nigerians to use their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, to change Government when necessary.
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He said: “We need to address certain things, the Nigerian youths, social media, social influencers, all of these are making the narratives we are seeing today, except we are joking with ourselves.
“Social media, though it’s good but has its negative impact, let me first thank you for condemning the killings at Lekki.
“When I read the comments, I could not believe it, Mr Speaker. The curses, abuses from children and I asked myself is this Nigeria, what is going on?
“Children cursing, people entering Oba’s palace and removing his staff of office, our culture is gone.
“Mr Speaker, in the next five years there will be no Nigeria if we don’t start now.
“Youths, children, pregnant women looted malls, Mr Speaker when will this narrative change,” he said in the leaked video.
Watch the video below;
Reacting to this development, Nigerians on Thursday, October 20, took to Twitter to express their displeasure at the lawmaker’s comments.
A senior lecturer in Strategy at the Loughborough University, Dr Dipo Awojide tweetd and said; “How old is Desmond Eliot to call us children”.
A Digital marketer and strategist, Bankole Akintunde Adebayo, also expressed his displeasure via his official Twitter handle. He tweeted; “No Politician can surprise me again. The one wey Buhari do pass this one.”
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