The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has reacted over the suspension of micro blogging and social network platform, Twitter, in Nigeria.
Last Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari-led government announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria over what it termed, “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.”
The suspension came days after Twitter deleted a controversial tweet by Buhari where he made reference to the 1967 civil war.
Reacting to the development, Lawan said that Nigeria and Twitter need each other.
He spoke at a briefing in Abuja to mark the second anniversary of the 9th Senate on Friday.
“Our belief is that Nigeria needs Twitter just as Twitter needs Nigeria,“ Lawan said.
“Our expectation is that we will be able to resolve this issue.
”But beyond that, I am optimistic and I believe that all of us would have learnt our lessons.”
He added: “I believe this is the worst level we could get to. We cannot go beyond this level, it could only be better.
“I believe we are going to have a reversal of this situation very soon. We shouldn’t despair, we shouldn’t be despondent. We should have hope and optimism that our situation will be better.”
