Amnesty International, a global human rights organization, has welcomed the Federal Government’s lifting of the ban on the social media platform Twitter.
This is coming after FG announced the suspension of the ban placed on the microblogging platform, Twitter.
It was revealed in a press statement issued on Wednesday by Kashifu Abdullahi, Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement.
Reacting to the development, Amnesty International stated that the Twitter ban was illegal in the first place and an attack on the right to free expression.
The group urged Nigerian authorities to take swift actions to end the violation of rights to freedom of expression, access to information, and freedom of the press.
