This comes a few
hours after members of the party in the House of Representatives staged a
walkout over the action of the Nigerian government.
Lawmakers of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the National Assembly have opened a Twitter
account in defiance of the microblogging platform ban by the Muhammadu
Buhari-led government.
This comes a few
hours after members of the party in the House of Representatives staged a
walkout over the action of the Nigerian government.
The lawmakers on
Tuesday staged the walkout after its caucus leader Kingsley Chinda was ruled
out of order by Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila.
Chinda had prayed
the House to urge the Federal Government to suspend the ban while the house
conducts its investigation into the legality of the ban.
Chinda noted that
the implication is that the ban would remain for 10 days and the rights of
Nigerians would be kept in abeyance during the period of investigation.
The Speaker,
however, cited part of the Standing Orders of the House stating that a matter
that had been concluded by the parliament cannot be revisited for a debate.
The Speaker,
therefore, ruled the lawmaker out of order, a decision that did not go down
well with some members of the opposition who walked out of plenary.
Chinda also
insisted that members of the PDP caucus in the House will continue to tweet in
disregard to the ban.
Some other members kept
shouting “continue to tweet, “continue to tweet”.
SaharaReporters
gathered on Wednesday that a new Twitter account, @9thPDPCaucus has been opened
by the lawmakers.
Nigeria’s
information and culture minister Lai Mohammed had last Friday announced Twitter’s
suspension in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi.
The suspension by
the Nigerian government comes days after a post by President Buhari on the 1967
civil war was deleted by the microblogging platform.
The Nigerian
government’s spokesman cited “the persistent use of the platform for activities
that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence” as the reason
for the suspension.
The lawmakers on
Tuesday staged the walkout after its caucus leader Kingsley Chinda was ruled
out of order by Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila.
Chinda had prayed
the House to urge the Federal Government to suspend the ban while the house
conducts its investigation into the legality of the ban.
Chinda noted that
the implication is that the ban would remain for 10 days and the rights of
Nigerians would be kept in abeyance during the period of investigation.
The Speaker,
however, cited part of the Standing Orders of the House stating that a matter
that had been concluded by the parliament cannot be revisited for a debate.
The Speaker,
therefore, ruled the lawmaker out of order, a decision that did not go down
well with some members of the opposition who walked out of plenary.
Chinda also
insisted that members of the PDP caucus in the House will continue to tweet in
disregard to the ban.
Some other members
kept shouting “continue to tweet, “continue to tweet”.
SaharaReporters
gathered on Wednesday that a new Twitter account, @9thPDPCaucus has been opened
by the lawmakers.
Nigeria’s
information and culture minister Lai Mohammed had last Friday announced Twitter’s
suspension in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi.
The suspension by
the Nigerian government comes days after a post by President Buhari on the 1967
civil war was deleted by the microblogging platform.
The Nigerian
government’s spokesman cited “the persistent use of the platform for activities
that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence” as the reason
for the suspension.
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