[FILES] A man looks at newspapers at a newsstand in Abuja, Nigeria June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde• ECOWAS court plans to deliver judgment next weekThe lifting of the suspension was announced yesterday, via a statement by the Chairman Technical Committee, Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency , Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi.
By June 5, 2021, the suspension was effected by telecommunications companies as Nigerians woke up to a Twitter shutdown across all platforms. A reliable industry source told The Guardian yesterday that it must have been a smart move on the part of FG to have lifted the ban because the Economic Community of West African States Court was expected to deliver a judgement on the case filed by the Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project next week.
While the ban lasted, some Nigerians, including government officials, were still tweeting. They circumvented the process by installing Virtual Private Network . However, Ogunbanjo said after the lifting and Twitter’s agreement to the conditions, “FG should not gag the microblogging platform. They should understand and be ready to listen to opposing voices. Constructive criticisms should be welcomed.”
Another stakeholder, Kehinde Aluko, also described the lifting of the ban as commendable, “but, they ought to have done this long before now. So many small businesses have crumbled in Nigeria, after having to cope with a struggling economy and the impact of COVID-19.” He stressed that Twitter didn’t lose anything, but Nigerians. “FG should tell us what they gained from the ban. To me, it was just a waste of time. Studies have shown that at least, 98 per cent of Twitter revenue comes from Europe, America and Asia, the remaining two per cent is from Africa and others. So, the market is so small.
@islimfit tweeted: “Holiday is over for Corporate Nigeria. There’s no hiding anymore. The calling out for bad services will resume now that the ban has been lifted. All the financial institutions will hear it! All the complaints they’ve been dodging while using the ban as an excuse.” @generaloluchi tweeted “My question to Lai Mohammed now that Twitter has been restored in Nigeria: Is its interest in Nigeria no longer suspect? That was what he said in the first week of the ban. What changed? Is the platform no longer a threat to Nigeria?”
Huge money like this dey enter the Country but the Citizen no dey feel the impact of the money. Nigeria with evil and Corrupt leaders!
I lost 1% of that sum since the ban. Congratulations FG more banning in 2022. Bravo.
What is this
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The lifting of Twitter ban in 9ja by Buhari is equivalent to him saying,'Nigerians,its now Ok 2 breathe'.He knws we've all been breathing(Tweeting),he was only telling BMCs & his fanatics,'Ok guys,u can drop d act(pretending not to breathe)now & get 2 work. Election don reach😁'.
So after the ban, did jack lose any money? Did jack build Twitter hq in Nigeria? Heck, did jack employ a Nigerian or pay tax Have you seen that the ban was useless, we lost and the government succeeded in making life harder for its citizens…. Kudos buhari!
How una take calculate am 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 Werey ti wa ninu blood yin 😂😂😂
Kindly present a spreadsheet of how you arrived at this sum. I would like to know the individuals/organisations who suffered these losses and what percentage(s) of taxes they had previously been paying to the Nigerian government on such vast incomes. P.S don't be an empty vessel
Government barawu we are not voting for Apc if you ban it again we have another alternative to make use of the App,
It's a lie, the amount is N546.5tr.
Any southerners proud to be Nigerian is a shame to their fatherland.
Wetin be our IGR for this country sef?
Not Buhari lifting ban on Twitter when I'm in THE NLS. I don't want voilence this year o TwitterBanLifted TachaRemovedVPN
akaebube It seems unah dey mad here...... Who gives account of how much was lost.... Yeyenatu people
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what do you expect in a country where the intelligent are being rule by the dullards. it's just a question
akaebube This are the policy that caused economics droughts in the country, fake people let try and get our PVC
No no no no no
Loriiro How much has FG lost to smuggling then?
Okay...
So does the Nigerian gov. like drama?
😹 geng 🗳 election 🗳 around the corner 😹😹
Why? They should've held on to it! Nonsense.
Twitter did not say if it had agreed to the government demands but tweeted that it was 'pleased' to be restored in the country and was 'deeply committed to Nigeria'. thursdaymorning
No reason am na small moni
God help their souls
LOL. How much was lost before Twitter was invented? Una head don gbalę!
shocking!
Oh no!
So because election is by thr corner u're lifting the ban nonsensical government
Lol useless government
Na mumu Dem be.
Na God go punish them🙏
IamAnnyRobert What a naughty ego act. 546.5b Inept leadership
Of course, why not! They must campaign is about time. Mtchewwwwwww!!!!
Election don near, twitter don open,we sabi una scop foolish government
Lol. Jokes everywhere
Because they want to use the platform to campaign for 2023 elections. Wicked people, they paid deaf ears to losses made on businesses as a result of d ban. But now dat campaign is imminent, ban was lifred
Wtffffffffffffffffffffffff
Mu mu government
Government wey no get themselves?
They should also lifts ban on crypto
Ignorantly set the country some decades backcluelessleaders
Follow me I will follow back
Ori won lo buru
Foolish people 😂😭
Them won take am campaign. Useless govt
Thank God oo
Now the noise makers are gonna come back to disrupt twitter. Please the ban should continue.
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Election don come,
Are you serious
Y’all tired now weirdos lol
Sapa! I greet you. You are nobody's mate.
Well, they need twitter for the 2023 campaign. 😂
Yeah Fg has done well. Let Twitter follow national guidelines
They for never leave am na. na pikin go come dey tell parent say see where to brush teeth? this country sef,
Asiwaju has declared to run and APC needs to start complaining asap.
Both brave and intelligent Nigerians has been tweeting. Next news werey!
cchukudebelu FG, paid off this loss with what was borrowed. They really tried fam.
What a waste of over 200B..
cchukudebelu They can't come up with a people-friendly idea, even if they tried. Sad.
cchukudebelu Who lost 😆
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Weldone FG. With them agreeing to our terms we shall make much more from them.
Because of 2023
N546.5b economic losses, anyway, that is what APC miserable led federal government can offer
That is our leaders business idea
When you make illiteracy leader. 😩😩😩 Which way with this fulanis terrorists government Nigeria?
VPN App has to go. I need space on my phone.
I didn’t even notice the ban😂
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