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Nigeria is a better nation with Twitter fulfilling conditions – Keyamo
The Minister for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has said Nigeria is now a better nation with Twitter fulfilling conditions given it by the Federal Government for its suspension to be lifted.
The Federal Government had restored the Twitter operation in Nigeria after six months suspension.
In his first tweet, while returning on the social media giant, Keyamo mocked those he said had prioritized politics over patriotism.
His tweet reads: “For those who prioritized politics over patriotism and exhibited disingenuous righteousness on Twitter suspension, they can now see that with all the FG conditions to which Twitter agreed, Nigeria is eventually better off for it.
“Congratulations Nigeria.”
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Caracal Reports had reported that Nigerian government lifted the suspension of Twitter operations in the country following approval by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The development was announced on Wednesday by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE.
Kashifu, in a statement in Abuja, said the approval was given following a memo written to the President by Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim.
He said: “The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) directs me to inform the public that President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the lifting of the suspension of Twitter operation in Nigeria effective from 12am tonight, 13th January 2022.
“The approval was given following a memo written to the President by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim.
“In the memo, the minister updated and requested the President’s approval for the lifting based on the Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement’s recommendation.”
Buhari’s government banned the use of microblogging site, Twitter in Nigeria on June 4, 2021, which attracted condemnations from inside and outside the country.
