Frank Donga and Ebuka have
reacted to the federal government’s suspension of the Twitter ban.
It was earlier
reported that the federal government and Twitter had reached an agreement which
consequently led to the suspension of the ban.
The president’s directive
was made public in a statement on Wednesday by the Chairman Technical Committee
Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology
Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi.
According to the
statement, the lifting of the suspension on Twitter operations in Nigeria will
be effective from 12 am 13th January 2022.
Abdullahi explained that
the approval was granted after a memo written to the President by the Minister
of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami.
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.”
Reacting to the
development, Ebuka said that the ban was lifted because of the election that is
around the corner, while Frank Donga on his part asked Nigerians to be wary of
election-motivated sycophancy starved tweets.
