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| Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed |
CAIRO, Jan 29 (NNN-NAN) –Nigeria’s Information Minister Lai Mohammed has hinted that the federal government is planning to impose the same conditions given to Twitter on all social media platforms in the country.
He made this known at a meeting with Egypt Minister of Communications and Information, Dr. Amir Talaat in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
“Whatever applies to Twitter will apply to all other social media platforms, be it WhatsApp, Facebook or any other,” Lai Mohammed said.
According to him, this condition is to regulate all social media platforms to rid the country of disunity or destabilisation through various platforms.
Speaking on the suspension of Twitter, he said; “Twitter has agreed to comply with all payable taxes as they are operating under the Nigerian laws and this they agreed to do within one week of restoring their operations.
“Twitter agreed to immediately work with the Federal Government in the area of code of conduct which is in line with global best practices.
“Twitter agreed to immediately enroll Nigerians in its Law Enforcement portals and Partners Support Portal.
“The law enforcement portal will provide dedicated channels for the Nigerian law enforcement agencies to escalate reports on contents that violate the code of conduct or the national laws.
“Similarly, the partner support portal provides a direct channel for the government to engage Twitter staff to manage prohibited contents!” — NNN-NAN
