The House of Representatives has rejected the lifting of the ban on Twitter in Nigeria.
The House made the stance on Thursday while considering the report of its Committee on the matter.
Recall that the House had instructed its Committees on Information, ICT, Intelligence, Justice and Orientation to investigate the circumstances of the suspension of the micro blogging site by the federal government.
The Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Toby Okechukwu, at the consideration of the report, suggested an amendment to one of the recommendations.
The recommendation was “That the Federal Government should take into cognizance the negative effect of the Twitter suspension on Nigerians who depend on the platform for their livelihood,” and lift the suspension.
The motion, which was seconded by another member, was however, rejected by the majority of the House when put to vote.