Singer turn
politician, Banky W has taken to his
Instagram page to call for action from all Nigerians on all the numerous issues
bedeviling the country at the moment.
Banky made
reference to the social media bill which he opines is being pushed by Nigerian
leaders as a way to silence everyone speaking up against bad
governance.
He wrote “It's
heartbreaking to take stock of where we are. Yesterday was International Human
Rights Day. We've been working with the European Union and the British Council
on a campaign - "16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence and
Sexual Assault", and yesterday, as we brought the campaign to a close, we
discussed the current state of Human Rights in Nigeria. Sowore, despite being
granted bail by the Court, was re-arrested less than 24 hours later in a brazen
assault on the Judiciary & the rule of law in Nigeria. Abba Jalingo is
still locked up for criticising a Governor. Sahara reporters have had their
Nigerian bank accounts frozen with no explanation, and assets seized. As far as
Gender Equality goes... the Gender Equality bill did not make it past a 2nd
reading before being shut down in the National Assembly. And yet the social
media bill is on its way to a 3rd. Our constitution basically says that women
are 2nd class citizens, yet that is not deemed a serious enough issue...
instead, people like Elisha Abbo (the senator that physically assaulted a woman
for daring to ask him to calm down) is one of the "leaders" openly
pushing for the social media bill to pass, so that they can once and for all
prevent ALL of us from speaking up against bad governance. There is a very
obvious, blatant assault on free speech and the freedom of expression going on
right before our eyes. There is an emergency when it comes to the treatment of
women and children.. when Senators are allowed to marry teenagers and
physically assault women... when 1 in 4 girls in Nigeria are victims of sexual
assault - the youngest patient of the Mirabelle Center is a 3 month old girl,
the oldest is an 80 something year old Grandma. When it comes to Human Rights
in Nigeria.. there is nothing to celebrate, there's just a whole lot of work to
do. We must all do something. Maybe u can call/email your Senators and Reps?
Maybe we can all can post online and get the attention of International News
Media so that they can join us in pressuring our Government? Maybe U can
volunteer/donate to a Sexual Assault Referral Center? Just do something.
Anything.”
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