Foremost Nollywood actor, filmmaker and politician, Desmond Elliot has added his voice to the list of lawmakers calling for the regulation of social media in Nigeria.
This he said while making a plea on the floor of the Lagos State House of Assembly to take action without delay.
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In a video making round on Twitter, the lawmaker representing Surulere Constituency insists that Nigerian will be in ruins if there is no control over the social media.
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“In the next five years, there’ll be no Nigeria if we don’t act now,” he said.
Hon Elliot hinged his argument on the level of moral decay and on how children curse politicians on social media without any iota of respect, saying ‘culture has gone.’
He further pleaded with Nigerian celebrities, social media influencers and motivational speakers to “tune down on the hate narrative.
Watch video below;
https://twitter.com/TheVyralTrendz/status/1321760369510129664?s=19
Desmond Elliot has been under fire lately from Nigerians for calling on the regularisation of social media. He joins the likes of Lai Mohammed and other lawmakers who have on different times suggested there be a control over social media.