Pastor Reno Omokri, former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Friday condemned the suspension of a micro-blogging site, Twitter, by the Federal Government.
He said that members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet are still on Twitter, making use of the micro-blogging site.
Reno, who reacting minutes after the news of the suspension went viral asked Nigerians to ignore the decision of FG to halt the operations of Twitter in Nigeria.
Mr Lai had described the deletion of Buhari’s tweets as double standard, noting that he suspects Twitter’s mission in Nigeria
Taking action against the micro-blogging site on Friday, Mr Lai opined: “The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
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“The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
“The Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting l Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria”, the statement read.”
Puffed with the suspension, Reno via same Twitter opined: “The suspension of the activities of @Twitter in Nigeria by the @MBuhari administration should be ignored by @Jack. The Buhari government has no means to effect the suspension, and even members of the administration are still on Twitter.
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