“Twitter has met 70% of our demands”- Lai Mohammed

The minister says thet negotiations with Twitter are “going quite well”.

Nigerian Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says that negotiations with Twitter to lift the ban in Nigeria are still ongoing with conclusion to be reached soon.

According to him, the company has met 70% of the government’s terms and conditions in an attempt to ensure the ban is lifted soon.

Some of the terms and conditions included that Twitter should establish a legal presence in Nigeria, while it also registers as a Nigerian company with an address.

Twitter should also register with relevant regulatory bodies in the country such as the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS.

While speaking with Bloomberg Television on Wednesday, August 18 2021, Mohammed noted that negotiations have been encouraging with Twitter. He also stated that some of the terms and conditions stated are fundamental and important.

It’s been over two months since the Nigerian Government enforced the Twitter Ban, days after President Buhari’s controversial tweet was deleted.

Negotiations to regulate the platform has since been ongoing with Lai Mohammed maintaining that the ban was not due to the President’s deleted tweet.

“For national security, we suspended the operations,” he stated.

Many Nigerians, however have resolved to using Virtual Private Networks (VPN) to access Twitter since the ban.