– BREAKING: President Buhari orders lifting of Twitter ban conditionally
– Twitter suspension in Nigeria lifted by Federal government on Friday, October 1.
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed a conditional lifting of the ban placed on the operations of the micro- blogging service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
Buhari disclosed this in his nationwide broadcast on Friday, to mark the nation’s 61st independence.
Few months ago galantnaija reported that, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed ordered the ban of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. According to the President, social media as a very useful platform but some users have misused the platform to organise, coordinate, and execute criminal activities, propagate fake news, and promote ethnic and religious sentiments.
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According to the President speech, Buhari said;
“Social media is a very useful platform that has enabled millions of Nigerians to connect with loved ones, promote their businesses, socialise, and access news and other information.
“However, recent events have shown that the platform is not just an innocuous platform for information dissemination. “Rather some users have misused the platform to organise, coordinate, and execute criminal activities, propagate fake news, and promote ethnic and religious sentiments.
“To address these negative trends, the Federal Government of Nigeria suspended the operations of Twitter in Nigeria on June 5, 2021 to allow the Government put measures in place to address these challenges.
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“Following the suspension of Twitter operations, Twitter Inc. reached out to the Federal Government of Nigeria to resolve the impasse. Subsequently, I constituted a Presidential Committee to engage Twitter to explore the possibility of resolving the issue.
“The Committee, along with its Technical Team, has engaged with Twitter and have addressed a number of key issues. These are National Security and Cohesion; Registration, Physical presence and Representation; Fair Taxation; Dispute Resolution; and Local Content.
“Following the extensive engagements, the issues are being addressed and I have directed that the suspension be lifted but only if the conditions are met to allow our citizens continue the use of the platform for business and positive engagements.
“As a country, we are committed to ensuring that digital companies use their platform to enhance the lives of our citizens, respect Nigeria’s sovereignty, cultural values and promote online safety.”
Finally, President Buhari has addressed that the long lasting Twitter ban is lifted, But only for Nigerians to use it for Business purpose and positive engagements as they might take to Lock it back if the aforementioned terms of use is breached or violated by users.
The president made this known during a broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st independence Anniversary on Friday in Abuja
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