The Federal Government has not listed condition to lift the
suspension of microblogging site Twitter in the country, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs has said.
This was contained in a statement on Monday signed by the
ministry’s spokesperson, Ferdinand Nwonye. It was titled, ‘Clarification Of
Comments By The Honourable Minister Of Foreign Affairs At His Meeting With
Envoys’.
According to Nwonye, the minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, met
with the envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, the European Union, the
Republic of Ireland and Canada on Monday afternoon in Abuja over their recent
comments on the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria.
The five entities had co-signed a statement on Saturday
condemning Twitter suspension in Nigeria and describing it as a violation of
the right of expression.
The MFA spokesperson said the minister was quoted by some
media platforms to have said that “Twitter’s operations in
Nigeria will be restored only if the platform can be used responsibly”.
“This statement by the Honourable Minister has been quoted
out of context. Contrary to the publications, the Honourable Minister was
speaking generally about the responsibilities that go with freedom of speech,
stating that platforms that have the power to instantly disseminate information
among billions of people have the added responsibility to exercise that power
responsibly.
“The Ministry wishes to state categorically that the
Honourable Minister did not give any conditions regarding lifting the Twitter
suspension,” Nwonye said.
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