Federal Government Gives Update On When To Lift Ban On Twitter

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said the Nigerian government will soon lift the ban on the microblogging site, Twitter.

The Minister also said that the issue that led to the suspension of Twitter operations in the country would be resolved.

It could be recalled that the Federal Government had on June 4, 2021, suspended Twitter’s operation across the country over the removal of President Buhari’s tweets.

Buhari had threatened to treat members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the language they understand.

Lai Mohammed, however, said, “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 how soon is soon, right? I want to assure you that the time that Twitter operation has been suspended, and when it will be restored is by far, much, much shorter.

“In other words, if the operation has been suspended for about 100 days now, I can tell you that we’re just actually talking about a few, just a few more days now.

“I can assure us that we’re mindful of the anxiety of Nigerians and both parties are working very hard to put a closure on the matter.

“And like Twitter itself said, the changes have been very, very productive on both parties. Honestly, we have gone very far. I won’t be specific but we have gone very far, and honestly, it’s just going to be very, very soon, just take my word for that.”