President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Federal Government’s Team to engage with Twitter.
Gatekeepers News reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Federal Government’s Team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service in Nigeria.
The approval was announced in a statement in by Special Assistant To The President (Media) Office of the Minister of Information and Culture, Abuja, Segun Adeyemi.
The statement said that Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed will chair the team.
The Federal Government’s team also comprises the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Works and Housing, Minister of State for Labour and Employment as well as other relevant government agencies.
Following the indefinite suspension of its operations in Nigeria, for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence, Twitter wrote to President Buhari seeking to engage with the Federal Government over the suspension, with a view to charting a path forward.
The Federal Government had earlier suspended indefinitely the operations of the microblogging and social networking service Twitter in Nigeria.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement citing the presistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
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