The Arewa Youth Consultative Council (AYCC) has implored the Federal Government to ban ‘sexual and immorally-related’ websites from the Nigerian cyberspace.
AYCC said it is concerned by the exposure of Nigerian youths to ‘sexual contamination, this was stated in a statement signed by the group’s spokesperson, Muhammad Ibrahim, on Friday, August 14, 2020.
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The exposure of Nigerian youths to sexual content is fueling a culture of indecency, immorality and increasing cases of sexual misbehaviours, the group said.
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In the letter addressed to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, AYCC called on the government to enforce a strict monitoring policy that will remove pornographic content.
“We resolved to write to you as concerned citizens to call on your quick intervention in blocking sexual and immorality related sites in the Nigerian cyberspace to sanitise the reckless behaviour and continuous immoral engagements among youths for sustainable development and progress of our societies,” the statement read.
AYCC also said the government should ‘compel’ service providers to prevent Nigerians from content involving violence and terrorism.
The youth group noted that the censure will prevent future catastrophe that will erase the possibility of a lost society.
The group suggested that individuals or companies that refuse to comply with the censure should be fined millions and billions of naira, respectively.
Pantami, in his response on Twitter said the group should redirect the request to the Ministry of Information and Culture, headed by Lai Mohammed instead.
