Nigeria: Twitter Ban Will Spur Homegrown Alternative Social Media Applications, APC Says

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says Twitter’s suspension will serve as a positive trigger to unleash the creative potentials of young Nigerians in the global digital space.
The party called on the country’s youths talented in the development of social media/software applications to seize the opportunity of Twitter’s suspension to develop homegrown applications that can rival existing social media platforms and meet the need of Nigerians.
The APC stated this in a statement signed by the National secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party, John Akpanudoedehe.
He said the country’s youths will get the necessary support in the exercise from relevant federal government agencies.
“Russia has VKontakte (VK), China has Weibo, among several homegrown social media platforms. The APC believes that the country has the potentials and talents that can develop alternative and competitive applications to existing platforms in the world. Twitter’s suspension will undoubtedly serve as a positive trigger to unleash the creative potentials of Nigerians in the global digital space,” the statement read.
“This is a challenge to our vibrant youths with such talents. They will get support in the exercise from relevant federal government agencies as well as the numerous Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training and research establishments in the country.
“The recent announcement by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy that Nigeria will soon start the production of smartphones and Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards for the African market is evidence that the country has what it takes to make a deep and strong foray into the global ICT industry.
“The APC had earlier released a statement asking Twitter and other operators of social media pages to use their platforms to check divisive and inciting rhetoric, particularly in Nigeria. We tasked them on the important responsibilities to curb fake news, disinformation, hate speech, among others. Evidently, Twitter failed to do this and even allowed their platform to be used by arsonists, insurrectionists and separatists in the country.
“We are a democratic and independent nation, citizens should defend our sovereignty by suporting the federal government’s Twitter suspension. It is in our national interest.”
By Abel Ejikeme

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