NCC URGES ICPC TO CHECK SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE

-          The Nigerian Communications Commission has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to check the abuse of the social media as well as implementation of the Cybercrime Law.

-          The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made the call when he visited the ICPC Chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta, with the management team of the telecommunications regulatory agency in Abuja on Wednesday.

-          Danbatta said the social media give the users unfettered access to information dissemination and therefore must be used responsibly.

-          He solicited for the cooperation of the ICPC in the full implementation of the Cybercrime Bill which was signed into law in 2015.

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