The federal government has ordered TV and radio stations to deactivate their official Twitter accounts.
The move comes after the federal government’s ban on Twitter activities in Nigeria over the weekend.
Acting on that, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered all broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the use of the popular microblogging platform, Twitter.
This was contained in a statement issued by its Director-General, Armstrong Idachaba, on Monday morning.
Mr Idachaba said television and radio stations are advised to de-install twitter handles and “desist from using twitter as a source of information gathering for News and programmes presentation especially Phone-in.
Mr Mohammed also ordered the NBC to “immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.”
Owing to the ban, Nigerians have been denied access to Twitter and can only access by bypassing domain restrictions through alternative platforms.
The suspension is sequel to Twitter’s sanction after Mr Buhari’s controversial tweet about the civil war which some Nigerian users flagged and Twitter said violated its rules.
The government, in its response, accused the platform of bias against President Buhari as well as “undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence, before finally following up with a ban of the social network in the country.
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