The Federal Government says it will lift its ban on Twitter, with an agreement that the platform opens an office in Nigeria.
Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed announced this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting.
Twitter however stated that the opening of an office in Nigeria this year is not feasible. It maintained that the earliest it can establish a company is in 2022.
Mr. Mohammed had disclosed that the status of the conversation with the microblogging site has reached an amicable stage, with agreements reached in all areas except three.
The remaining three unresolved areas, according to him, are simply a matter of ‘when and not ‘if’ there would be an implementation of conditions discussed.
One of the pending issues according to the minister is in relation to the condition that Twitter establishes a legal presence in Nigeria, registered as a Nigerian company with an office address and an employee to serve as a country representative in the country.
The Federal Government suspended Twitter’s operations in June, 2021, since then many Nigerians have been using the platform via the Virtual Private Network (VPN).
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