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Mohammed
made this clarification on Monday December 19, while reacting to the
claim by a former senior Twitter official that there was no negotiation
between the company and Nigeria to rescind its suspension on Twitter.
 The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has stated
that Twitter negotiated with the Federal Government to end the ban
placed on the microblogging site.
Mohammed made this clarification on Monday December 19, while
reacting to the claim by a former senior Twitter official that there was
no negotiation between the company and Nigeria to rescind its
suspension on Twitter
Recall on June 5, 2021, the FG officially banned Twitter
indefinitely, restricting it from operating in Nigeria after the social
media platform deleted tweets made by the President Muhammadu Buhari,
warning the Indigenous People of Biafra that they “will be treated in the treated in the language they understand.”
Speaking at a news conference in Abuja, the minister described the
attempt to deny what transpired between the two parties as “ludicrous”.
Mohammed said, “This claim is so ludicrous that one could have
ignored it. But the claim has continued to make the rounds online, hence
our decision to clarify things. After all, it is said that if a lie is
repeated often enough, people will believe it.
“Without mincing words, let me say that there was a long-drawn
negotiation between Nigeria and Twitter, at the instance of the latter,
following the suspension of the platform on June 4th, 2021 because of
its persistent use for activities that are capable of undermining
Nigeria’s corporate existence.
“Seven days after the suspension, precisely on June 11th 2021,
we received a letter, addressed to Mr. President, from Twitter’s Vice
President in charge of Public Policy, Europe, Middle East, and Africa,
Sinead McSweeney, seeking to meet with us on the Twitter suspension.
That letter kick-started a number of activities that culminated in
extensive negotiation.
“After the letter, the Federal Government announced its team to
discuss with Twitter. The team, chaired by the Minister of Information
and Culture, also comprised the Attorney General of the Federation and
the Minister of Justice, Ministers of Communications and Digital
Economy; Foreign Affairs as well as Works and Housing, Minister of State
for Labour and Employment and the Director-General, National
Intelligence Agency.
“Following the composition of our team, we received another
letter from a group, Albright Stonebridge Group, which apparently was
working at the behest of Twitter. The letter (which is also projected on
the screens and is available to the media) named the Twitter team to
enter into a discussion with Nigeria.
“The team was headed by Sinead Sweeney, Twitter’s Vice
President, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, whom I mentioned earlier;
Karen White, Senior Director, Public Policy, Europe and Sub-Saharan
Africa; Ronan Costello, Senior Public Policy Manager, Africa, Europe,
Middle East; Emmanuel Lubanzadio, Head of Public Policy, Sub-Saharan
Africa; Jim Baker, Deputy General Counsel, and Ambassador Johnnie
Carson, Senior Adviser, Albright Stonebridge Group.
“The back-and-forth negotiation culminated in a series of
agreements that paved the way for the lifting of the Twitter suspension
in January this year. Gentlemen, with the facts that we have supplied,
you can now see that the fellow who reportedly alleged that Twitter did
not negotiate with Nigeria is either being economical with the truth or
didn’t even understand the workings of the company where he worked.”
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