{"id":81811,"date":"2023-02-05T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T12:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/west-african-countries-eager-to-adopt-how-nigeria-dealt-with-twitter-minister"},"modified":"2023-02-05T14:44:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T13:44:23","slug":"west-african-countries-eager-to-adopt-how-nigeria-dealt-with-twitter-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/west-african-countries-eager-to-adopt-how-nigeria-dealt-with-twitter-minister","title":{"rendered":"West African countries eager to adopt how Nigeria dealt with Twitter \u2013 Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami has said West African countries are eager to adopt how Nigeria dealt with the tech giant, Twitter.<\/p>\n

The Minister also disclosed that West African countries are looking for possibilities of adopting digital economy policies.<\/p>\n

Pantami made this known while speaking to journalists at the closing ceremony of the Digital Economy Regional Conference held in Abuja on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at the Unity of West African countries, 15 of them attended this conference; many Ministers were in attendance; this indicates that unity brings about collaboration.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll over the world, no country will develop its digital economy sector without collaboration; it cannot achieve digital inclusion in silos.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe communique the conference produced, many issues that will bring about win-win situations in the sector have been outlined for implementation by West African countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, they are willing to adopt most of our digital economy policies, which we\u2019ve been implementing in Nigeria\u2014mainly looking at how we\u2019ve diversified the country\u2019s economy through ICT and digital services.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecondly, the way and manner the Nigerian government dealt with Twitter, other countries are willing to learn how they can get a copy of some of our agreement with Twitter so that they can adopt it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso looking at the possibility of adopting some of the conditions across the West Africa Countries\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n

The Nigerian government suspended Twitter operation in Nigeria on June 5 2021, which lasted till January 13 2022, after reaching an agreement.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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