Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has argued that social media must be regulated to protect national interests.
He also said the Lower Chamber was yet to take any position on the suspension of micro blogging platform Twitter by the Federal Government.
The Speaker said social media must be regulated because “everything in life has to be regulated.”
The Speaker, who spoke on Channels TV programme A chat with Young Nigerians on Sunday monitored by The Nation, said lawmakers need to hear from all sides in the matter before arriving at a position.
While throwing his weight behind regulation of social media, the Speaker said: “The social media is the most potent weapon for good and for evil. While we welcome the good, we must prepare over the evil. You cannot use the idea of free speech to destroy me.
Most democracies in the world today are making efforts to regulate the social media and the National Assembly has been considering regulating the social media for long. But each time the issue comes up, Nigerians kick against it.
“It is something we need to do because we have a responsibility to protect every single citizen in this country and that is what we must do”.
Gbajabiamila assured whatever position the National Assembly take would be in the overall interest of the Nigerian people.
