TWITTER BAN: ACTOR YEMI SOLADE BACKS PRESIDENCY
ENTERTAINMENT - Posted on: 8th Jun. 2021 at 6:44PM
Radicated Nollywood actor, Yemi Solade has supported the recent ban on Twitter by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, tagging it as the “best decision the Presidency could have made”.
The actor noted this at an interview in GoldmyneTV, stating that the platform had insulted the President of Nigeria and invariably insulted every Nigerian citizen.
Solade said, “This is not the first time Twitter will try to humiliate Nigeria. It happened to Pastor Chris Oyakilhome some years back. I think the white supremacist and imperialist tendencies should be curbed sometimes.
“As much as I am of the opinion that everybody has a right to expression and thoughts, but when a platform is used to want to ferment trouble and project anarchy, there should be rules regulating such practices. In this case, a lot happens on Twitter.
“I am not really a Twitter fan; I do little on Twitter. I would want to align with that school of thought that says Twitter was not really helping. Nigeria has so many problems to contend with and Twitter was not really helping the country.”
He, who noted that Twitter had insulted the Nigerian government, however stated that the ban had infringed on human rights and would affect businesses whose dealings are based on the microblog.
“I want to think in the larger space, it really trampled on the fundamental human rights of Nigerians. Because the President or the Presidency is aggrieved with Twitter, it does not mean that over 190 million Nigerians should queue behind the President,” Solade stated.
“I support my President this time around though. I am not trying to doublespeak, but I think it is a two-way thing. The best the Presidency could do has been done for now. We don’t know how long, but we hope the issue will be resolved and Twitter will begin to function in Nigeria,” he added.
By Mary Abazuo
Radicated Nollywood actor, Yemi Solade has supported the recent ban on Twitter by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, tagging it as the “best decision the Presidency could have made”.The actor noted this at an interview in GoldmyneTV, stating that the platform had insulted the President of Nigeria and invariably insulted every Nigerian citizen.
Solade said, “This is not the first time Twitter will try to humiliate Nigeria. It happened to Pastor Chris Oyakilhome some years back. I think the white supremacist and imperialist tendencies should be curbed sometimes.
“As much as I am of the opinion that everybody has a right to expression and thoughts, but when a platform is used to want to ferment trouble and project anarchy, there should be rules regulating such practices. In this case, a lot happens on Twitter.
“I am not really a Twitter fan; I do little on Twitter. I would want to align with that school of thought that says Twitter was not really helping. Nigeria has so many problems to contend with and Twitter was not really helping the country.”
He, who noted that Twitter had insulted the Nigerian government, however stated that the ban had infringed on human rights and would affect businesses whose dealings are based on the microblog.
“I want to think in the larger space, it really trampled on the fundamental human rights of Nigerians. Because the President or the Presidency is aggrieved with Twitter, it does not mean that over 190 million Nigerians should queue behind the President,” Solade stated.
“I support my President this time around though. I am not trying to doublespeak, but I think it is a two-way thing. The best the Presidency could do has been done for now. We don’t know how long, but we hope the issue will be resolved and Twitter will begin to function in Nigeria,” he added.
By Mary Abazuo
Posted by: Mary Abazuo
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