Twitter soft-pedals, agrees to FG’s terms, conditions

Twitter, the global micro blogging platform, has agreed to all terms and conditions issued by the Federal Government with regards to its operations in Nigeria.

The Twitter’s latest position was revealed, on Sunday, by Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo SAN.

The minister, who is a member of the committee set up to review the operations Twitter in Nigeria, said the committee had made significant progress so far.

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Speaking on Channel Television’s Sunday Politics, Mr. Keyamo said, “The reason the president took that step is to recalibrate our relationship with Twitter and not to drive them away from our country.

“That recalibration, we have started it and the President graciously added me to the committee.

“We also set up a technical committee to interface with Twitter and come up with a lot of conditions for them to fulfill for us to lift the suspension.”

Mr. Keyamo maintained that it was Twitter that reached out to the Federal Government to say they wanted to know what could be done by them to straighten up the relationship with the Federal Government.

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Recall that the Federal Government through the minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed announced a ban on Twitter on June 4.

The ban followed the dropping of a post by President Muhammadu Buhari, which the platform said was against its operational guidelines.

Minister of State for Labour and EmploymentMr. Festus Keyamo SANPresident Muhammadu BuhariTwitter
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