{"id":43643,"date":"2021-06-07T20:50:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T19:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=43643"},"modified":"2021-06-07T20:50:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T19:50:35","slug":"we-didnt-give-condition-for-lifting-twitter-ban-%e2%80%95-fg-clarifies-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/07\/we-didnt-give-condition-for-lifting-twitter-ban-%e2%80%95-fg-clarifies-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"We didn&#8217;t give condition for lifting Twitter ban \u2015 FG clarifies statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has stated that no conditions have been given yet for the lifting of the ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to a statement from the ministry issued on Monday titled: \u201cClarification of comments by the honourable minister of foreign affairs at his meeting with envoys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement was signed by Ferdinand Nwonye, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and reads:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been drawn to misleading reports by several media outlets published today, Monday, 7th June 2021, in which the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Geoffrey Onyeama was misquoted as giving conditions for lifting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/07\/pastor-adeboye-disobeys-fgs-order-reacts-to-twitters-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> suspension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Honourable Minister after a meeting with some Heads of Diplomatic Missions resident in Nigeria was quoted to have said that \u2018Twitter\u2019s operations in Nigeria will be restored only if the platform can be used responsibly\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis statement by the Honourable Minister has been quoted out of context.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContrary to the publications, the Honourable Minister was speaking generally about the responsibilities that go with freedom of speech, stating that platforms that have the power to instantly disseminate information among billions of people have the added responsibility to exercise that power responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry wishes to state categorically that the Honourable Minister did not give any conditions regarding lifting the Twitter suspension.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has stated that no conditions have been given yet for the lifting of the ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria. 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