Federal government resolves to dialogue with Twitter

The federal government has confirmed that Twitter has formally written to seek dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country.

The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, confirmed this in an interview in Abuja.

The minister reiterated government’s position that it would not tolerate any platform that would be used to destabilise the country.

Mohammed said among other conditions for Twitter to resume operation in Nigeria, there must be an agreement as to what contents it could post.

He said Twitter and other platforms must also register as a Nigerian company, obtain license from the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and be guided by the rules of the licensing as well as pay taxes.

He said most countries were just waking up to the fact that the platforms were becoming more powerful than even government and needed to be regulated.