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Nigerians have continued to react to the announcement made by the Federal Government suspending, indefinitely, the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
The announcement was made on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Adeyemi.
The minister said the Buhari government has suspended the activities of Twitter in the country.
The statement titled, ‘FG Suspends Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria’, read, “The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of
the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
“The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
“The Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.”
The announcement has triggered different reactions from Nigerian entertainers.
Lola Omotayo, wife of pop star, Peter Okoye wrote:”This is clearly not a democracy”.
Reality Tv star, Natcha Akide a.k.a Tacha said:”Must we kikiki about everything?? This Twitter in Nigeria ban is not funny! Federal Government does not rate us! Because what is THIS!!!”
Popular rapper, M.I simply wrote:”So… A full dictatorship we in abi?”