Speaker Gbajabiamila shuts down motion to lift Twitter ban

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday shut down a point of order seeking to lobby the federal government to lift the Twitter ban.
Representative Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers), in a point of order on Tuesday, asked the House to lobby the executive arm of government to lift the twitter ban on the microblogging site pending the when the committee set up to look into the ban concludes its investigation.
He argued the ban infringed on the rights of Nigerians to freedom of expression.
Shutting down the point of order, Mr Gbajabiamila said that a committee had already been set up by the House to investigate the matter.
Mr Gbajabiamila, citing section six of the House rules explained that it was against the rule of the house to re-visit a motion that had already been deliberated upon.
The House had earlier on Tuesday asked its committees on communication, justice, information and culture, and national security and intelligence to investigate controversies surrounding the suspension Twitter by the Buhari regime on Friday.
While announcing the ban on Friday, Information minister Lai Mohammed said Twitter was a platform that raised national security concern because it had been used to spread false information and “activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.”
On Saturday, Attorney-General Abubakar Malami sought to enforce the ban by threatening to arrest and prosecute anyone who tweets in Nigeria.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette

Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

Africa
Anti-Terrorism: U.S AFRICOM, Morocco to establish tech-driven training, experimentation centre in Africa
Mr Anderson said the centre would increase readiness and advance capabilities of both nations.

Sport
Argentina stun England to set up World Cup final clash with Spain
Spain defeated France 2-0 at the Dallas Stadium on Tuesday to qualify for the final.

NationWide
FG enhances international recognition of Nigerian passports
Mr Akinlabi said the milestone was achieved on July 13.

Heading 3
FG, states, LGs shared N2.550 trillion June revenue: FAAC
Mr Mokwa said the revenue was shared at the July meeting of the committee.

Heading 2
14-year-old boy charged with terror offences targeting London mosques
The boy was arrested on 9 July on suspicion of criminal damage to a vehicle.

States
Delta content creator arrested after alleged rape victim dies by suicide
According to the victim, Mr Ogbonna initially demanded sex in exchange for financial help.





