{"id":361642,"date":"2021-06-07T20:14:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=361642"},"modified":"2021-06-07T20:21:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T19:21:58","slug":"pdp-chieftain-ozigbo-demands-reversal-of-twitter-suspension-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=361642","title":{"rendered":"PDP chieftain, Ozigbo demands reversal of Twitter suspension in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">A People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Anambra, Valentine Ozigbo wants the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria reversed.<\/p>\n<p>Ozigbo called on the federal government to reconsider its stand, noting that the decision was against the constitutional rights of Nigerians to freely access information.<\/p>\n<p>The businessman described the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration\u2019s action as \u201chasty and regrettable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ozigbo said the economic consequences ought to have been reviewed before the pronouncement.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter, according to him, is a platform that drives business and creates jobs for millions of citizens, especially the youths.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: Think of how ban will affect economy, young people \u2013 Makinde tells Buhari<\/p>\n<p>He warned that the sanction would have negative effects on the economy, the country\u2019s image and the youths who use the platform to advance their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Ozigbo advised the Nigerian government to think about investor confidence and how government policies affect Foreign Direct Investments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an investor in technology and communications, I appreciate the role of social networking platforms like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook in driving business and the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI condemn the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria and call on the federal government to reverse the ban and save the country from further isolation and embarrassment\u201d, his statement added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Anambra, Valentine Ozigbo wants the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria reversed. Ozigbo called on the federal government to reconsider its stand, noting that the decision was against the constitutional rights of Nigerians to freely access information. The businessman described the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration\u2019s action as \u201chasty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":361643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2658,795,4797,16823],"class_list":["post-361642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-a","tag-anambra","tag-fg","tag-ozigbo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=361642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/361643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=361642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=361642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=361642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}