The Kano state government has complied with the Federal Government’s directives on the ban of using twitter across the country as government agencies and officials complied with the directives.
Governor Ganduje’s twitter handle and other government officials’ handle became inactive hours after the federal government banned the twitter indefinitely in the country.
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Also, the twitter handle used by the state Ministry of health to update the public on the COVID-19 pandemic had also been suspended, while the majority of government agencies and officials update information on Facebook and WhatsApp after shifting to the platforms.
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The Special Assistant on new media to the Kano state Governor, Aminu Ibrahim said, “We must comply with the recent directive. We are not very active on Twitter, so its stoppage Will not distract us.”
According to him, “Most of our people disseminate information through Facebook not twitter and we believe that twitter is managed by elites. We are dealing with purely masses who are always on Facebook in search of information.”
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Also, twitter handles of universities in Kano have been inactive and the students shifted to Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp groups.
Recall that the Federal Government banned the Twitter page in the country, few days after it removed President Muhammadu Buhari’s post threatening punishment for regional secessionists blamed for incessant attacks on government buildings in the Southeast.
