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TV and Radio Stations Mandated To Disconnect from Twitter in Nigeria

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Ndubuisi Ekekwe
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Nigeria has told TV and radio stations to disconnect from Twitter: “Consequent on the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government over the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining the corporate existence of Nigeria, the National Broadcasting Commission directs all Broadcasting Stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately. In Compliance to the above directive, Broadcasting Stations are hereby advised to de- install twitter handles and desist from using twitter as a source (UGC) of information gathering for News and programmes Presentation especially Phone-in”.

This comes after the Nigerian government banned Twitter in the nation.

 

Read full statement below

June 6, 2021

SUSPEND TWITTER HANDLES
Consequent on the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government over the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining the corporate existence of Nigeria, the National Broadcasting Commission directs all Broadcasting Stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately.

In Compliance to the above directive, Broadcasting Stations are hereby advised to de- install twitter handles and desist from using twitter as a source (UGC) of information gathering for News and programmes Presentation especially Phone-in.

Section 2(1) r of the NBC Act entrusts the Commission with responsibility to ensure strict adherence to the national laws, rules and regulations. Also, section 3.11.2 of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code provides that “the broadcaster shall ensure that law enforcement is upheld at all times in a matter depicting that law and order are socially superior to or more desirable than Crime and Anarchy.

Attention is also drawn to section 5.6.3 of The Code which requires Broadcasters to be mindful of materials that may cause disaffection, incite to panic or rift in the society in the use of a user generated Content (UGC).

Note that it will be unpatriotic for any broadcaster in Nigeria to continue to patronise the suspended Twitter as a source of its information therefore strict compliance is enjoined.

Prof Armstrong Idachaba

5th Edition of Tekedia Mini-MBA (June 7 – Sept 1 2021) BEGINS, Registration Continues

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Ndubuisi Ekekwe
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Good People, we have started. Our team operates 24/7, seven days a week, and that is why you get responses even at 1am. Our school never closes and we are always available through the Hub to support your journey. I welcome everyone and thank you for the opportunity to co-share and co-learn together, on the mechanics of business systems, through Tekedia Mini-MBA.

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A Welcome Message From Our Faculty – Toyin F Sanni, GCEO Emerging Africa Capital

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Ndubuisi Ekekwe
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Tekedia Mini-MBA edition 5 has started. This edition of Tekedia Mini-MBA is heavily biased towards business growth, and there is no better mechanism in the contemporary business scene than driving growth through the mechanics of AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Agreement).

That is why we welcome the world – 38 countries – with this message from our Faculty, Toyin F Sanni. It is AfCFTA A-Z with the practicality from a business leader, a market maker, and a rainmaker in the capital markets.

Get a new perspective on African markets. Grow, accelerate value creation, and advance the mission. The Academic Board on your account is LIVE. Welcome!

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Presidency Issues Statement on Twitter Suspension, Calls it Temporary

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Samuel Nwite
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As backlash trails the decision of the Nigerian government to suspend micro-blogging app Twitter, the presidency has issued a statement justifying its reason for taking the arbitrary decision.

In a statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media & Publicity Garba Shehu, the Federal government said the suspension, which it described as “temporary” is as a result of hate, divisiveness and fake news that the platform enables. The statement said such is capable of throwing the country into further chaos.

In response to president Buhari’s tweet on Biafra war, and his threat to deal with troublemakers in the Southeast in the civil war style, the presidency said it “was not a threat, but a statement of fact,” calling the removal of the tweet “disappointing.”

Read the full statement below.

The temporary suspension of Twitter is not just a response to the removal of the President’s post. There has been a litany of problems with the social media platform in Nigeria, where misinformation and fake news spread through it have had real world violent consequences. All the while, the company has escaped accountability.

Nevertheless, the removal of President Buhari’s tweet was disappointing. The censoring seemed based on a misunderstanding of the challenges Nigeria faces today.

The President in his address at the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA in 2019 said “the world was shocked and startled by the massacre in New Zealand by a lone gunman taking the lives of 50 worshippers.”

This and similar crimes which have been fueled by social media networks risk seeping into the fabric of an emerging digital culture.

Major tech companies must be alive to their responsibilities. They cannot be allowed to continue to facilitate the spread of religious, racist, xenophobic and false messages capable of inciting whole communities against each other, leading to loss of many lives. This could tear some countries apart.

President Buhari has therefore been warning against social media’s disruptive and divisive influences and the government’s action is not a knee-jerk reaction to Twitter’s preposterous deletion of his tweet which should have been read in full.

The tweet was not a threat, but a statement of fact.

A terrorist organisation (IPOB) poses a significant threat to the safety and security of Nigerian citizens.

When the President said that they will be treated “in a language they understand,” he merely reiterated that their force shall be met with force. It is a basic principle of security services response world over.

This is not promotion of hate, but a pledge to uphold citizens’ right to freedom from harm. The government cannot be expected to capitulate to terrorists.

IPOB is proscribed under Nigerian law. Its members murder innocent Nigerians. They kill policemen and set government property on fire. Now, they have amassed a substantial stockpile of weapons and bombs across the country.

Twitter does not seem to appreciate the national trauma of our country’s civil war. This government shall not allow a recurrence of that tragedy.

Less Than 12 Hours To Go – Tekedia Mini-MBA

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We will begin in less than 12 hours from now! It would be one of the finest academic festivals you will partake in business education. Fresh, deep and current. I welcome you to Tekedia Institute Mini-MBA. Registration continues here.

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