The Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed "all broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately."
Following the event of The Federal republic of Nigeria placing a ban on the use of twitter in Nigeria, NBC has followed suit and ordered all broadcasting stations to de-install the use of twitter to pass any form of message across to the public.
This was issued in statement by its Director General Armstrong Idachaba, the NBC includes that in compliance to the Twitter suspension directive from the Federal Ministry of Information, "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."
The regulator adds that it would be unpatriotic for any broadcaster to continue to patronize Twitter at this time and warns that "strict compliance is enjoined."
After one of President Muhammadu Buhari's tweets was deleted for violation of platform rules, The federal government went ahead to suspend Twitter in Nigeria on June 4, 2021 and twitter has ever since been inaccessible.
