Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila says federal lawmakers support President Muhammadu Buhari’s Twitter ban to protect national security.
The vice-president says taxes on small and medium scale businesses have been significantly lowered within the period under review.
Banning the UK would be consistent with the logic of the regime’s official justification for banning Twitter.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says a lawmaker, President Muhammadu Buhari, sponsored bills to gag the press.
The committee said other considerations become inferior when national interest and security is involved.
Twitter wrote to President Buhari seeking to engage with the federal government over the suspension, with a view to charting a path forward.
If the House considers the recommendation of the information minister, online broadcasting entities will have to get approval from NBC to operate in Nigeria.
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has described democracy under President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime as a mixture of dictatorship as he condemns the Twitter ban.
Minister of Information Lai Mohammed has insisted that Twitter is a threat to Nigeria’s national security.
“Once your app is removed, the published version of your app won’t be available on Google Play until a compliant update is submitted.”
