The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has hinted that the long-running ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria is set to be reversed
Mr Lai Mohammed said this while answering questions from State House journalists at the end of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Minister confirmed that a great deal of progress has been made in the series of talks with the social media giant.
“I think even Twitter itself two days ago gave what I will call a progress report on our talks with them, and I think if I want to quote them rightly it has been productive and quite respectful.
“And as to the qualifying word for when or how soon, I want to assure you that the time that Twitter operation has been suspended, between the time it has been suspended, and when it will be restored is by far, much, much shorter.
“That I can assure you that it is by far in other words, if the operation has been suspended for about 100 days now, I can tell that we’re just actually talking about a few, just a few more days now,” he said.
Nigeria suspended the operations of Twitter in June after accusing the social media firm of intervening in Nigeria’s domestic issues.
Many Nigerians and the international community have condemned the ban; describing it as an affront on freedom of speech and expression, others also see it as blocking revenue for a large of the country’s young population
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