The Federal Government has used microblogging platform, Twitter, to tweet its suspension of the platform in Nigeria.
The news we announced via the official handle of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture on Friday.
It read in part, ”The federal government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
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”The Minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
” The minister said the Federal Government has also directed The National Broadcasting Commission to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.”
PRESS RELEASE
FG Suspends @Twitter Operations in Nigeria pic.twitter.com/7z5BQ0Mi3U
— Fed Min of Info & Nat’l Orien (@FMINONigeria) June 4, 2021
