The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared its support for the ban on Twitter by the Nigerian government. Nigeria's ruling party alleged that the social media giant’s support for divisive views threatens Nigeria’s sovereignty and national interest.
“We are a democratic and independent nation, citizens should defend our sovereignty by supporting the federal government’s Twitter suspension. It is in our national interest,” the party’s interim national secretary, John Akpanudoedehe, said on Saturday.
According to APC since Russia has VKontakte (VK), China has Weibo, among several homegrown social media platforms, it believes that the country has the potentials and talents that can develop alternative and competitive applications to existing platforms in the world. "Twitter’s suspension will undoubtedly serve as a positive trigger to unleash the creative potentials of Nigerians in the global digital space."
“We are a democratic and independent nation, citizens should defend our sovereignty by supporting the federal government’s Twitter suspension. It is in our national interest,” the party’s interim national secretary, John Akpanudoedehe, said on Saturday.
According to APC since Russia has VKontakte (VK), China has Weibo, among several homegrown social media platforms, it believes that the country has the potentials and talents that can develop alternative and competitive applications to existing platforms in the world. "Twitter’s suspension will undoubtedly serve as a positive trigger to unleash the creative potentials of Nigerians in the global digital space."
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