A top Federal Government official, who made the disclosure, said the government, which turned in the petition almost two months ago, was surprised when a number of such Western diplomats issued a statement over the weekend on the Twitter ban.
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The CNPP in a statement signed by the Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu blamed the National Assembly for “allowing the President and members of the federal executive to continue to take actions that are detrimental to the wellbeing of the ordinary citizens and the young people in the country.
Minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said at a meeting with some envoys that Twitter’s operations in Nigeria will be restored only if the platform can be used “responsibly.”
The NBC had reportedly stated that the decision followed the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government over purported use of the platform for “activities that are capable of undermining the corporate existence of Nigeria.”
GOCOP made this call in a statement signed by its President, Dotun Oladipo, and General Secretary, Danlami Nmodu (mni), on Monday.
He stated this on Monday while featuring on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ programme.
A statement by its Director-General, Armstrong Idachaba, on Monday directed television and radio stations to de-install Twitter handles and “desist from using twitter as a source (UGC) of information gathering for news and programmes presentation, especially phone-in”
The organization asked Ms Scotland to “urgently consider recommending the suspension of Nigeria from the Commonwealth to the Heads of Government, the Commonwealth Chair-in-office, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as Head of the Commonwealth to push the government to take concrete measures to respect and promote the Commonwealth’s values of human rights, transparency, accountability and the rule of law.”
In a series of Tweets, Banky W said the government cannot stop kidnapping and other vices plaguing the country, but it can come out to ban Twitter.
This comes hours after the Federal Government announced the suspension of the operations of the micro-blogging social networking service in the country.
The position of the US on the issue was stated by its Mission in Nigeria in a statement on its website on Saturday.
This was contained in a statement on Saturday by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, which described what was called a ban by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as a temporary suspension
In a statement by its President, Mustapha Isah, and General Secretary, Iyobosa Uwugiaren, the NGE said the Federal Government’s action has the unintended consequence of jeopardising the economic interests of many Nigerians who rely on the social media platform for vital information to make informed business decisions daily.
The President of ALTON, Gbenga Adebayo, made this known in a statement made in Lagos on Saturday.
The position of the Institute was contained in a statement by its Chairman, Kabir Yusuf, and Secretary, Raheem Adedoyin, on Saturday.
This followed the ban placed on the platform by the Federal Government on Friday.
A virtual private network (VPN) is a network that extends a private network across a public network. It allows users to send and receive data through shared or public networks as though they were linked directly to the private network.
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday announced that it had suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
Saraki’s reaction, via Twitter, came minutes after the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the ban of the social media platform by Nigeria.
According to a statement by Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to the President (Media), Office of the Minister of Information and Culture, the suspension was announced on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.