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Power To Sanction Big Brother Naija And Crossdressers Like Bobrisky – NCAA Begs
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The National Council for Art and Culture (NCAA) has asked members of the House of Representatives to provide the organization with a legal framework to pursue Big Brother Naija (BBN) organizers over nudity displayed on the show, as well as powers to arrest and prosecute cross dressers in the country.
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| A bill in the House seeks to amend the Same-Sex (Prohibition) Act to make cross-dressing illegal in Nigeria |
The appeal was made by the council's Director General, Segun Runsewe, during an investigative hearing by an ad hoc committee of the House on Tuesday, October 4th.
A bill in the House seeks to amend the Same-Sex (Prohibition) Act to make cross-dressing illegal in Nigeria. Muda Umar (APC, Bauchi) sponsored the amendment, which seeks to amend sections 4 and 5 of the main act. According to the bill, "anyone who engages in cross-dressing commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for six months or a fine of five hundred thousand naira."
Speaking before the lawmakers, Runsewe, who has never hidden his dislike for crossdressers, particularly Bobrisky, stated that he directed the police to disrupt Bobrisky's birthday party in 2019. Runsewe stated that he has previously condemned the nudity displayed in the BBNaija house.
“I am the first person who took Big Brother Nigeria to the NBC to report them because they were having…I took it up and Big Brother (organisers) tried to reach me and I told them that if the culture in other parts of the world is to be naked – nudity, etc they should not bring it to Nigeria because our culture is rich and it respects the integrity of our country,” he said.
A lawmaker, Alex Egbonna (PDP, Cross-River), complained that the intervention has not stopped the display of nudes on the show.
“That is the problem with Nigeria: you start something, you don’t end it. But they were still naked even in the last event. That thing you started, taking them to wherever you took them to – has not ended, that is what I’m saying. They are still doing the same thing. They should have learnt. There is no solution to what you started and that is the Nigerian factor,” he said.
Responding to the observation by the lawmaker, Runsewe said a legislative framework granted by the house will empower the agency stop nudity and activities of crossdressers.
“I will give you an example. When Bobrisky started behaving like a woman, I rose and followed him to Lagos. I ‘scattered’ his (birthday) party and I told him, ‘This is not our culture.’ But at the end of the day, that is just Part 1. This honourable house just needs to empower us with just a legal framework and that nonsense will stop” he said
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