Senate President Ahmad Lawan has broken his silence on the
suspension of Twitter by the federal government.
Speaking with journalists at the national assembly in Abuja
on Friday, Lawan said the country needs Twitter.
The chairman of the national assembly said the senate is
optimistic that the federal government and Twitter will eventually resolve
their differences.
“The honorable minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
informed Nigerians that they are talking with Twitter to resolve this matter.
Our belief is that Nigeria needs Twitter just as much as Twitter needs
Nigeria,” he said.
“We believe that the matter between Twitter and the federal
government of Nigeria will be resolved.
“But beyond that, I’m an optimist, I believe all of us will
have learnt our lessons.”
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, announced the suspension of the social media platform a week ago.
The minister accused Twitter of “threatening the existence
of Nigeria”.
The action of the government came after the microblogging
platform took down a controversial tweet of President Muhammadu Buhari.
When the national assembly resumed sitting on Tuesday, the
senate, unlike the house of representatives, kept mum over the ban.
At the lower legislative chamber, the information minister
was summoned over the ban, but its members disagreed over a prayer asking the
government to reverse the ban immediately.
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