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Groups Slam Buhari, Call For Reversal Of Twitter Suspension In Nigeria
They said it was shameful that the Nigerian government explored undemocratic means not just to gag its citizens but to subdue them.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jun 06, 2021
Groups, under the auspices of the Civil Society Consortium on Civic Space, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the suspension of the Twitter operation in Nigeria.
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, had announced the suspension of Twitter s operations in Nigeria on Friday.
The suspension of the social networking service in the country came days after Twitter deleted a post by the President on the civil war experience.
The Civil Society Consortium on Civic Space received with consternation the news of decision of the regime of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari to suspend Twitter in Nigeria.
Over the years, Twitter has become one of the drivers of freedom of expression, speech and Assembly not just in Nigeria but all over the world. It is shameful that in its desperate bid and determination to destroy the largest democracy in Africa, the Federal Government of Nigeria is exploring undemocratic means to not just gag its citizens but to subdue them.
The Buhari-led regime has consistently demonstrated its lack of temperament and intellectual capacity to govern a modern democracy where dissenting voices matter. Leadership attracts criticism, criticism is the bedrock of modern democracy and if the president lacks the temperament to accept criticism from dissenting voices, then he has no right being a democratically elected president. He should either resign or let the citizens know that he has staged