FG will lift Twitter suspension in few days__ Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government via its Minister of Infomation and Culture, Lai Mohammed has hinted that the over two months ban on the social networking site, Twitter, in Nigeria will be lifted soon.
The Federal Government via its Minister of Infomation and Culture, Lai Mohammed has hinted that the over two months ban on the social networking site, Twitter, in Nigeria will be lifted soon.
Adding that it said that it has reached agreement with Twitter in most areas of misunderstanding.
You will recall that on June 5, 2021, the FG had officially banned Twitter’s indefinitely, thereby restricting it from operating in Nigeria after the social media platform deleted tweets made by the President Buhari warning over civil war threat on IPOB members, “will be treated in the language they understand”.
More so, the federal government had interpreted the deletion of Buhari’s tweets as discourteous and hinged upon “a litany of problems with the social media platform in Nigeria, where misinformation and fake news spread through it have had real world violent consequences”.
While speaking with newsmen after Wednesday’s FEC meeting, Lai Mohammed, updated Nigerians on the issue saying that progress has been made in resolving the stalemate following series of meetings.
Mohammed explained details of the conditions given to Twitter, saying that most of them have been accepted.
He said the areas still pending such as Twitter setting up an office and having a Twitter staff of management cadre that will serve as the country representative, are still being discussed.
The Minister also disclosed that on the issue of a Nigeria-based office, even though Twitter has agreed to the condition, it is, however, maintaining that the earliest it can establish that is 2022.
He expressed confidence that everything will be ironed out with Twitter within a “matter of days or weeks”, noting the anxiety that has been shown by Nigerians.
