President, Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that the ban on Twitter should be lifted after almost 8 months. Twitter was banned and suspended in Nigeria in June, 2021 after a tweet of the president was deleted.
In a statement released on Wednesday, January 12, Kashifu said in Abuja that the approval came after his Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim, wrote a memo to Buhari.
“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,” he said.
