Meanwhile, the Minister of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) have debunked an online messages claiming that “devices are now connected to the Ministry’s systems and effective from tomorrow, it will commence the recording of phone calls and monitoring of all social media platforms.”
The minister in a statement by his spokesperson Uwa Suleiman (Mrs) said his attention has been drawn to the “fake news” which “further discourages citizens from sharing messages or videos with political or religious content as it is now officially a crime and could even lead to arrest.”
He enjoined Nigerians to disregard the “propaganda which is aimed at inciting fear, and creating public confusion.
The Minister calls on Nigerians to ignore any instructions contained in the message, and help ‘tackle this ignoble act’ by deleting the message to curb its spread.
Pantami insisted that the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy is mandated to leverage on technology for a digital economy and will not engage in act that would sabotage its mandate.
“We are at a point in our Nation’s history where the focus is on digitalizing the Nigerian Economy for the greater good of all, and divisive messages such as these are mere distractions.
“We thank all well meaning Nigerians for the continued support and reiterate our commitment to achieve our mandate for the greater good of all,” he said.
