SERAP demands withdrawal of ‘repressive’ blogger regulation bill, threatens legal action

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas to immediately withdraw a controversial bill seeking to amend the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.

The bill proposes regulation of bloggers and mandates the establishment of physical offices in Nigeria by social media platforms.

In a letter dated April 12, 2025, signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the…