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President Muhammadu Buhari says he has directed a conditional lifting of the ban placed on the operations of Twitter, in Nigeria in June 5, 2021.<\/p>\n

Buhari said this Friday morning, during his nationwide broadcast to broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary.<\/p>\n

The President, who described the micro-blogging site as a very useful platform, said he regretted that some users have misused the platform to organise, coordinate, and execute criminal activities, propagate fake news, and promote ethnic and religious sentiments.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cSocial media is a very useful platform that has enabled millions of Nigerians to connect with loved ones, promote their businesses, socialise, and access news and other information.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHowever, recent events have shown that the platform is not just an innocuous platform for information dissemination.<\/p>\n

\u201cRather some users have misused the platform to organise, coordinate, and execute criminal activities, propagate fake news, and promote ethnic and religious sentiments.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo address these negative trends, the Federal Government of Nigeria suspended the operations of Twitter in Nigeria on June 5, 2021 to allow the Government put measures in place to address these challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the suspension of Twitter operations, Twitter Inc. reached out to the Federal Government of Nigeria to resolve the impasse. Subsequently, I constituted a Presidential Committee to engage Twitter to explore the possibility of resolving the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Committee, along with its Technical Team, has engaged with Twitter and have addressed a number of key issues. These are National Security and Cohesion; Registration, Physical presence and Representation; Fair Taxation; Dispute Resolution; and Local Content.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the extensive engagements, the issues are being addressed and I have directed that the suspension be lifted but only if the conditions are met to allow our citizens continue the use of the platform for business and positive engagements.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a country, we are committed to ensuring that digital companies use their platform to enhance the lives of our citizens, respect Nigeria\u2019s sovereignty, cultural values and promote online safety.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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