OPAN seeks immediate lifting of Nigeria's Twitter ban
OPAN in a statement by its President, Austyn Ogannah and General-Secretary,
Daniel Elombah, on Monday, said “The reasons adduced for the suspension or ban
of Twitter have remained unconvincing because the federal government failed to
exhaust other channels of communication with the social media giant.
“The action of the Federal Government amounts to killing an ant with a sledge hammer, and has given Nigeria a very bad image in the eyes of the international community.”
OPAN also decried the clandestine effort to gag social media voices in Nigeria and called on the Federal Government to “exercise restraints in dealing with issues that affect the youths, freedom of expression, media freedom, and those actions that could directly or indirectly widen the unemployment gap in the country.”
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