No Plan To Ban Twitter Or Any Social Media Platform, Says FG

The Nigerian government banned Twitter last year but later rescinded the move.

The Federal Government says it has no plan to ban any social media platform but will not watch any medium to throw the country into chaos.

Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed said this on Thursday while presenting the scorecard of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government from 2015 to 2022.

At the press conference in Abuja, the minister noted that the Federal Government is monitoring Twitter under the new ownership of Elon Musk.

Nigeria last year banned Twitter and claimed it was used to spread fake news and hate speech. The move, was, however, rescinded in January after the social media platform agreed to the government’s terms.