The National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ismaeel Ahmed, has declared that the Federal Government did not ban the use of Twitter, but only suspended its operations in Nigeria.
Ismaeel stated this during press conference heralding the rescheduled Progressive Youths Conference billed to hold next week.
Ahmed said, “The government didn’t ban social media as a lot of people will insinuate. It is very important that we know that because Facebook is still in operation, Instagram is still in operation, WhatsApp is still in operation, and a lot of other social media platforms are still in operation.
“In fact, some people will tell you Twitter is for the elite young people and not necessarily for the general public.
“I think there are far more subscribers on Facebook in Nigeria than there are on Twitter. But haven said that, it is still a very important medium for people.
“So, whatever it is that the government felt to suspend Twitter, not even ban, there was a suspension and of course, there is a conversation going on between the government and the representatives of Twitter and I’m sure it will be resolved.”
Ismaeel, a member of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee, further said though was not happy with suspension of the operations of the microblogging site, he sided with government’s decision because Twitter crossed the line by deleting a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.
On the proposed conference, Ismaeel noted the President has will declare open the event which will be held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, June 21, 2021.
