By Francis Ogwo
The Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, has insisted that the ban on Twitter in Nigeria is still effective.
Adinde stated that there had been no communications from the Ministry of Information to lift the ban.
The NCC had sent a memo to Mobile Network Operators and Internet Service Providers to block access to Twitter for the ban imposed by the Federal Government to take effect.
Recall that the Federal Government indefinitely banned Twitter on June 4, days after the micro blogging site deleted a tweet by the President Muhammadu Buhari which violated its rules.
The Federal Government had since told a Federal High Court in Lagos that it had not stopped Nigerians from using Twitter.
A committee consisting of five ministers was set up by the President to negotiate with Twitter with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as the head of the committee.
Recently, Mohammed announced that the committee negotiating with Twitter would soon arrive at an agreement.
He had said, “Everything will be ironed out with Twitter within a few days or weeks.”
One of the conditions set by the government for lifting the ban is that Twitter should register with the Companies and Allied Matters Act, and establish a physical presence in Nigeria.
