Elon Musk: We Are Monitoring Twitter Closely — Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Culture and Information, Lai Mohammed has said that the federal government is keeping a close eye on social media platform Twitter since its takeover by billionaire Elon Musk.

Mohammed stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the third edition of the 'President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration (PMB) Scorecard 2015-2023' program.

Organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture, the initiative is meant to showcase the achievements of the administration in the last seven years.

While giving his opening remarks, Lai Mohammed said that there has been an increase in fake news on Twitter since Musk took over the reins of the tech brand.

He warned that the government would not any social media platform plunge the country into crisis.

“Permit me to quickly address an issue that has elicited a lot of inquiries from the media in recent times.

“Many of your colleagues have called to ask us what will become of our agreement with Twitter in view of the change in its ownership.

“Many have asked for our reaction following reports that there has been a spike in fake news, disinformation, and hate speech since the micro-blogging site changed ownership.

“Many have even asked us if another ban is in the offing.

”Let me say this: We are closely monitoring the evolving developments at Twitter. It has never been our intention to ban any social media platform or stifle free speech. Not at all.

“But we will also not sit by and allow any platform whatsoever to throw our nation into crisis”, he said.