{"id":48209,"date":"2021-06-18T14:16:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=48209"},"modified":"2021-06-18T14:16:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:16:05","slug":"yusuf-tuggar-we-cant-allow-twitter-to-be-used-to-subvert-nigerias-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/18\/yusuf-tuggar-we-cant-allow-twitter-to-be-used-to-subvert-nigerias-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Yusuf Tuggar: We can\u2019t allow Twitter to be used to subvert Nigeria\u2019s democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria&#8217;s ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has stated that Nigeria can not allow Twitter, the microblogging platform, to be used to subvert its democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Addressing Nigeria\u2019s Twitter ban on DW\u2019s \u2018Conflict Zone\u2019, he said Nigeria operates a democratic system of government and that one of the most important norms of government is freedom of speech, which Nigeria upholds and protects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBut you cannot allow certain elements to use those democratic norms to subvert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/12\/full-text-of-president-muhammadu-buharis-2021-democracy-day-speech\/\">democracy<\/a> itself, which is what they are trying to do,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">He denied that the federal government suspended Twitter because of the removal of a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the ambassador, the reason Twitter was shut down was because it has been \u201cairing pictures, videos and the vituperations of people that are looking to unravel Nigeria which ends up in killings\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cPresident Buhari has been consistent about the adverse effect of social media when it chooses not to be responsible for the real world,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Speaking about the security situation in Nigeria, Tuggar said Buhari had \u201cdone a lot in terms of security when he came into office in 2015. 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Today, it doesn\u2019t hold a single local government area\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The ambassador described the kidnapping of schoolchildren as \u201cmost unfortunate\u201d and said the government was doing its best to bring this to an end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Speaking further, he said negative media reports have also fuelled these acts of violence, kidnapping and terrorism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Tuggar defended the military strategy of regrouping troops into super camps where they wait to repel attacks saying other countries such as Germany have similar strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cYou have to bear in mind that you\u2019re often taking on an invisible enemy that\u2019s continuously on the move,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Tuggar said the priority of the Nigerian government is to address most of these issues holistically and to tackle the root causes such as poverty and lack of effective governance.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe have to make the choice whether to spend more on weapons or whether to spend on solving the issue of poverty,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria&#8217;s ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has stated that Nigeria can not allow Twitter, the microblogging platform, to be used to subvert its democracy. 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