“Wake up and stop using old school style” – Paul Okoye warns Nigerian politicians
“Wake up and stop using old school style” – Paul Okoye warns Nigerian politicians.
Paul Okoye of P-square responds to Nigerian politicians trying to shut down social media in response to Lekki massacre.
Paul Okoye has been very vocal about his support of ongoing #endsars protests across the country. At the height of the violence last week Tuesday in what has been named lekkimassacre, he took to twitter to protest the deaths of peaceful protesters at the hands of Nigerian Military operatives.
Start tagging them ✊🏾🇳🇬✊🏾🇳🇬 pic.twitter.com/H6mdTOmrXb
— Rudeboy (@rudeboypsquare) October 20, 2020
We can never forget the lekki toll gate massacre ✊🏾🇳🇬✊🏾🇳🇬
— Rudeboy (@rudeboypsquare) October 20, 2020
On Thursday October 29th, 2020, Paul Okoye went on his instagram livestream to chat with fans and condemn the minister of information ongoing talks to ban social media.
Lagos lawmaker, Desmond Elliot speaking during plenary, on the recent #EndSARS protests across the country said "Social media has its negative impact."
"Please celebrities, social media influencers, stop the hatred already." He said . pic.twitter.com/lzAnTquRq2
— NewsWireNGR (@NewsWireNGR) October 29, 2020
This is not the first time the ministry of information has attempted to place sanctions and control social media, with an anti social media bill attempted late in 2019 and earlier in 2020.
QZ put out an article on how social media impacted the Nationwide protests here.
In the livestream, Paul calls their methods old school, and compares infrastructure in European countries with the lack of infrastructure in Nigeria despite large budgets set aside in the past.
He mocks the N1bn Budget allocated for the Nigerian police website which is usually done for 100k – 1m in Nigeria.
Paul also took the time to send condolences to heroes who lost their lives at the Lekkimassacre.
He also urged Nigerians to put aside religious and tribal sentiments and redirect their frustrations towards those in political power.
Paul went on to advocate for young people to get their PVCs in the upcoming 2023 election as well as educate and empower political thugs to support the youth and the future of Nigeria.
Watch the full livestream here :
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