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Clamp down on Social Media now! “It is now an avenue for abusing government,” – David Mark

By on July 28, 2012

David Mark

Senate President, Senator David Mark, Thursday, called for a check on the menace of the social media on the Nigerian society, saying that people now use them to demean their leaders.

Mark said the need to check the social media became necessary, as they do not have the avenue for retraction of whatever they had done.

Senator Mark, who spoke in Umuahia, Abia State, while declaring open a two-day retreat for Senate Press corps, explained that the media has come to stay, as part of the process of governance in the country, since the return of democratic government in 1999 and performing its social responsibility of checking the excesses of the leaders.

Senator Mark, however, urged reporters to always cross check their facts before writing so as not to mislead the people, who depend on them to know what goes on around them.

The Senate President cited as examples varied figures usually quoted by various media in times of tragedies, saying that the figures were always inconsistent.

Describing the media as one of the stabilizing factors in the scheme of things, Mark cautioned that “we need to change our attitude on how we report things about our country, and we should emulate the foreign reporters, who never report negative things about their countries.”

 

 

 

Source: Vanguard

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chukwudi-Christian/619631217 Chukwudi Christian

    My problem with the senators is the outrageous salaries and money they loot all in the name of making law.How can a jobless Nigerian senator earn money than American president?.How much is the minimum wage?.Do we have un interrupted electricity?.What about good road,Hospital?.How many recreational parks do we have in all the states of the federation?.David mark how much were u having before you become a senator?.

  • wendell

    Mark you are mad

  • http://www.facebook.com/okemini1968 Okemini Ndi-Ehugbo

    I don’t blame him, he earns more money than the American president by far,so why wont he see our comments as insult.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ojomo.omotayo Ojomo Aderemi Omotayo

    When they want to justify their actions they compared themselves with foreign countries like America etc but why can’t they compare their allowances and way of handling government policies with them. I don’t blame David Mark, he is part of the cabals that are milking Nigeria even the foreign press would never cover the misdeed of their leaders.

  • http://www.facebook.com/DRSNIZZ Drsnizz Uche Thompson

    ole barawo onye ohi…..na wetin all of una be…….

  • http://www.facebook.com/DRSNIZZ Drsnizz Uche Thompson

    criminals in the govt

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1417785487 Samola Bunga Dudu

    what about “WIKKILEAKS”

  • DUI

    Blatant lie….we all know that!

  • NaijaMan

    When GEJ is about running for the Top Post in Nigeria, he opt for Social Medial to sway opinion, When corrupt leader in Govt is about to be bbrought down in Arab,masses resulted to Social Media. Hence, we should all be wary of this so-called Leader Motive here

  • http://www.facebook.com/okemini1968 Okemini Ndi-Ehugbo

    Wasn’t it the same man that once said that telephone was not for the poor?

  • Jim

    Senate president, I asure you, if you change, Nigeria will change, just try it.

  • oriss1

    You guys forgotten der is freedom of speech?
    He must be a stupid man, you want us all to support aLl you say and not complain at all?
    What was it you GEJ said during [̲̅t][̲̅h][̲̅e] subsidy Crisis? Now what is happening?
    Isn’t it distrust we conplained about [̲̅t][̲̅h][̲̅a][̲̅t] cause virtyally all Nigerians to protest?
    Now we file our complans on Social media websites, and you call it clamps, [̲̅t][̲̅h][̲̅a][̲̅t] proves how STUPID you are, tell us Which other easy ways we can use to file our compains??

  • Said Salla

    it’s u dat abuse ur offices, dat’s y u’re always abused by ur citizens. So do me I do u.

  • covenantchild

    “…
    we should emulate the foreign reporters, who never report negative things about their countries.”
    Really? REALLY?? Please!

  • http://www.facebook.com/MATILDAELIZABETHE.ORHEWERE Matilda Elizabeth E. Orhewere

    http://meorhewere.blogspot.com/what the general failed to address