SERAP Calls For Immediate Withdrawal of Data Protection Bill
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has called for the immediate withdrawal of the Nigeria Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2026, currently before the National Assembly, saying its passage would gag the social media and expand governmental control over online expression.
According to SERAP, the bill sponsored by Senator Ned Nwoko (APC, Delta North), is incompatible with international human rights standards.
The Bill seeks to compel social media platforms, data controllers and data processors operating in Nigeria to establish physical offices in the country, and empowers the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) to shut down or prohibit the operations of any entity that fails to comply within 30 days.
In a letter dated 18 July 2026 and signed by SERAP Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: the requirements compelling technology companies to establish local offices would increase government leverage over platforms, facilitate political pressure, make censorship demands easier and expose local employees to retaliation.
SERAP also said the Bill would create sweeping powers capable of shutting down or excluding social media platforms from the Nigerian market and expose millions of Nigerians to serious violations of their constitutionally and internationally guaranteed human rights.
It said that the present bill is being introduced after earlier attempts by the National Assembly to regulate social media was jettisoned following widespread public opposition and serious human rights concerns.
The letter, read in part: “The current Bill revives substantially similar proposals previously introduced by Senator Nwoko, raising renewed concerns that localisation requirements are being used as a vehicle for expanding governmental control over digital platforms and online expression.
“Should the Bill be enacted into law in its current or substantially similar form, SERAP shall promptly take all appropriate legal actions to challenge its legality in the public interest and to ensure that Nigerians’ fundamental rights are fully protected.
“The National Assembly should avoid imposing localization requirements that unnecessarily burden digital services and undermine citizens’ rights.
“The Bill constitutes a backdoor attempt to regulate social media and increase governmental control over online expression through corporate localisation requirements rather than through transparent and constitutionally permissible regulation.”
It said that the National Assembly should not enact legislation capable of producing, through indirect regulatory means, the very restrictions on fundamental rights that regional human rights law prohibits.
“Governments have a legitimate interest in ensuring that digital platforms operate responsibly and comply with domestic law. However, such regulation must remain firmly anchored in constitutional guarantees and international human rights standards.”
The organisation advised the National Assembly to demonstrate its commitment to constitutional democracy, the rule of law and Nigeria’s digital future by immediately withdrawing the Bill.
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