The House of Representatives, has on Thursday, July 1, rejected the lifting the ban place on the micro-blogging platform, Twitter.
This coming after the house received reports from its committees on Information, ICT, Intelligence, Justice and Orientation who investigated the circumstances of the suspension by the federal government
After reviewing the report, the Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Toby Okechukwu, suggested that federal government should take into cognizance the negative effect of the Twitter suspension on Nigerians who depend on the platform for their livelihood and lift the suspension.
However, seconded by another member, the motion was rejected by the majority of the House when put to vote.