The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa
Pantami has said West African countries are eager to adopt how Nigeria dealt
with the tech giant, Twitter.
The Minister also disclosed that West African countries are
looking for possibilities of adopting digital economy policies.
Pantami made this known while speaking to journalists at the
closing ceremony of the Digital Economy Regional Conference held in Abuja on
Wednesday.
“Looking at the Unity of West African countries, 15 of them
attended this conference; many Ministers were in attendance; this indicates
that unity brings about collaboration.
“All over the world, no country will develop its digital
economy sector without collaboration; it cannot achieve digital inclusion in
silos.
“The communique the conference produced, many issues that
will bring about win-win situations in the sector have been outlined for
implementation by West African countries.
“First, they are willing to adopt most of our digital
economy policies, which we’ve been implementing in Nigeria—mainly looking at
how we’ve diversified the country’s economy through ICT and digital services.
“Secondly, the way and manner the Nigerian government dealt
with Twitter, other countries are willing to learn how they can get a copy of
some of our agreement with Twitter so that they can adopt it.
“Also looking at the possibility of adopting some of the
conditions across the West Africa Countries”, he stated.
The Nigerian government suspended Twitter operation in
Nigeria on June 5 2021, which lasted till January 13 2022, after reaching an
agreement.
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