Nigerians have actually accused President Muhammadu Buhari of trying to play smart ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Reacting to the lifting of the restriction on Twitter, some Nigerians said the Buhari government was attempting to bribe them ahead of the surveys.

The lifting of the restriction followed approval by President Muhammadu Buhari after 222 days.

The choice was exposed by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi.

In a declaration on Wednesday in Abuja, Kashifu noted the approval was given following a memo composed to Buhari by his Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim.

The Nigerian federal government had in June 2021, prohibited the operations of Twitter in the country. The ban was placed a couple of days after the micro-blogging site erased Buhari’s tweet.

Nigerians raised an eye-brow about lifting the ban about a year before the 2023 basic elections.

While others berated the Nigerian government, others applauded authorities for the action taken.

Some tweets collected by DAILY POST read below …

@rapizo: “Buhari is attempting to play smart, we are in a pre-election year. He is trying to get Nigerians to choose APC.”

@teribamos: “Our president is trying to pay off Nigerians, why wait till now to raise the Twitter restriction in Nigeria? We will not be tricked by this bribe.”

@zyinab: “This is a welcomed advancement for Nigerians. The restriction ended up being essential since of those scoundrels using the platform to irritate terrorism.”

@chibu_zor: “Lifting ban at this time is great, and God bless this govt. Organizations affected can pick up now and we can begin generating income on the platform.”

@fefeyebz: “Thank God that the Govt raised the ban, we can now return to factory settings. No more using of VPN that makes my phone really hot as if it’s burning. We can likewise begin running our service now.”

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