Twitter has met seven out of the ten demands made by the Nigerian Government and the micro-blogging platform is expected to respond to the remaining three demands in the coming weeks.
Nigeria’s Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to Reuters on Thursday, noting that the ban on Twitter will be lifted before the end of the year.
He said the government was awaiting a response on three final requests made to the social media giant.
Mohammed added that expectations include the company’s response on the procedures of setting up a local office, paying tax locally and cooperating with the government to regulate content and harmful tweets.
Twitter was suspended in Nigeria on June 4, after it removed a post made by President Muhammadu Buhari which threatened to punish regional secessionists.
Lai Mohammed while explaining why Twitter was banned said the microblogging site “made their platform the platform of choice for separatists”, and was suspended because it threatened national unity.
In an earlier report by The New Diplomat, the Federal Government of Nigeria had announced that the ban on operations of the microblogging platform, Twitter, will be lifted “in a matter of days”.
Mohammed had last week gave details of the conditions given to the platform, saying most of them have been accepted.
On the government’s negotiation with the micro-blogging site, he highlighted decision still pending to include Twitter setting up an office and having a Twitter staff of management cadre that will serve as the country’s representative.
He said Twitter has agreed to the condition in the area of a Nigerian office, even though it is maintaining the earliest it can establish in the country is 2022.
He emphasized that everything will be concluded with Twitter within a few days or weeks, noting the anxiety expressed by Nigerians.
The Federal Government’s committee negotiating with Twitter will meet on the agreement soon to make recommendations, he added.
