Nigeria said it would suspend social media giant Twitter's operations in the country on Fri, two days after Twitter suspended its president's official account.
Twitter did not choose Nigeria for its African headquarters because the media often mispresents the country, Information Minister Lai Mohammed has said.
He was responding to Monday’s announcement by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey that the micro-blogging site had decided on Ghana for its first African office as the country was a “champion for democracy” and “a supporter of free speech” and “online freedom”.
Nigeria is Africa s biggest economy and has a more established tech hub, but it also faces numerous security challenges - and was hit by mass protests last year against police brutality by the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars).
The Federal Government has described Nigeria’s low rating in the 2020 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (TI-CPI) as a parameter that do not truly reflect the nation’s anti-corruption agenda.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday.
The minister said Nigeria’s anti-corruption agenda which had placed great emphasis on corruption prevention measures and the building of integrity systems remained on course.
According to him, the implementation of the various reforms, especially in the Ease of Doing Business was expected to yield positive outcomes in the country’s corruption perception and other relevant assessments in the next 12 to 24 months.
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