The Federal Government is close to reaching an agreement with micro-blogging company, Twitter ahead of an Imminent suspension of the ban.
Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed announced this on Wednesday after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
On August 11, 2021, the minister, during a post-FEC briefing, had assured Nigerians that the ban on Twitter would be lifted in a matter of days. He said Nigeria and the company had made considerable progress in their discussions then.
Mohammed told correspondents, “Thank you very much. I think even Twitter itself, two days ago, gave what I will call a progress report on our talks with them. And I think if I want to quote them rightly, it has been productive and quite respectful.
“As to how soon is soon, right? I want to assure you that between the time that Twitter operation has been suspended and when it will be restored is by far, much shorter. That I can assure you that it is by far.”
“In other words, if the operation has been suspended for about 100 days now, I can tell (you) that we’re just actually talking about a few, just a few more days now.”
