Everest Amaefule
The Nigerian Communications Commission has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission to check the abuse of the social media as well as help in the 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.

 “By so doing, we will have a better understanding of the real situation especially at this time that social media practice and cybercrime are on the upsurge. He said, “We solicit for the cooperation of the ICPC in the full implementation of the Cybercrime Bill which was signed into law in 2015.
 “Social media give practitioners unfettered access to information dissemination but they must do this with responsibility, failing which the ICPC could come in to curb cases of abuse as this is a part of the process of fighting corruption.
 “So, in this regard, we are enlisting the services of the ICPC chairman and his team for a vigorous campaign against these criminals so that the cyberspace could be secured and Nigeria could become a better place for all.”
 Responding, Nta said it was important to be proactive in fighting corruption.
 He said that given new developments in technology, it was not possible to fight corruption without new technologies and sought the assistance of the regulatory agency in obtaining call logs of interest without delay from telecommunications network operators.