From Khalid Musa, Kano
Arewa Youth Consultative Council (AYCC) has revealed that, on behalf of the conscious youths of Northern Nigeria, the council has written to the Honorable Minister Federal Ministry of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed seeking for the blockage of sexual, immorally related sites in Nigerian cyberspace.
This was revealed by AYCC’s National Director of Media and Communications Malam Muhammad Ibrahim Milb. According to him having successfully gathered all opinions and recommendations, the council resolved to write to the minister as concerned citizens.
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He added that the call has become necessary taking into consideration the reckless misbehavior and continuous immoral engagements among our youths for sustainable development and progress of our societies.
“In the letter, we seek for the minister to enforce strict monitoring and policies that will be removing contents as well as the moral policy that will discourage our youths from visiting phonographic sites, and individuals that may refuse to comply should be fined in millions and companies be charged billions because this issue in question is a greater threat facing our present and future generations,” he said.
He further gave an example of how China had closed 733 websites and “cleaned up” 9,382 mobile apps related to illegal gambling apps and those used for illegal purposes than social media in 2019.
