MFA CLARIFIES ON COMMENTS BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AT HIS MEETING WITH ENVOYS

Oru Leonard

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nigeria has clarified what it termed misleading reports by several media outlets published on Monday, 7th June 2021, in which the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Geoffrey Onyeama was misquoted as giving conditions for lifting the Twitter suspension.

According to the MFA Spokesperson, Mr Ferdinand Nwonye in a press release, the Honourable Minister after a meeting with some Heads of Diplomatic Missions resident in Nigeria was quoted to have said that “Twitter’s operations in Nigeria will be restored only if the platform can be used responsibly”. This statement by the Honourable Minister has been quoted out of context, he noted.

“The Ministry wishes to state categorically that the Honourable Minister did not give any conditions regarding lifting the Twitter suspension”, he explained.