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FG Lifts Twitter Suspension After Seven Months

Nigeria federal government lift the ban of Twitter after seven month.

Recall the ban was implemented after the Lekki to gate saga.

FG claimed that Twitter was wrongly used by Nigerians against the government blaa bla bla.

According to channel news, this lift of Twitter suspension was umvield in a statement issued by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi.

“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,” the statement added.

“In the Memo, the Minister updates and requests the President’s approval for the lifting based on the Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement’s recommendation.”

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