Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

News

Lai Mohammed Blames Media, Unpatriotic Nigerians for Twitter’s choice of Ghana as Africa Headquarters

Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has blamed the media and other Nigerians for Twitter’s choice of Ghana as its headquarters in Africa.

It would be recalled that Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive office, on Monday said that it chose Ghana as its Headquarters in Africa for being a champion of democracy and being a country where there is rule of law among other reasons.

This announcement had generated reactions from some Nigerians on Twitter over the company’s choice of Ghana.

Reacting to this in an interview on Thursday 15, Lai Mohammed said the reason for Twitter’s decision is due to the fact that Nigeria has been de-marketed by the media and unpatriotic Nigerians.

He accused the media of exaggerating the challenges in the country and further added that it got worse during the #EndSARS protest.

The Minister also said that this will serve as a lesson to those that de-market the country.

According to him; “The reasons cited by Twitter for citing the headquarters in Accra, Ghana is that Accra is a champion of democracy and there is rule of law in the country, among other reasons. This is what you get when you de-market your country.

“The media is more to blame for this which most times exaggerate the challenges in the country.

“At no time was this worse than during the #EndSARS protest when Nigerian journalists both traditional and new media were trying to outdo themselves in painting Nigeria as a hell where nobody should live.

“When they all conspired to vilify not just the government but the people of Nigeria. We are not saying that you should not criticise the country but be fair and patriotic. When you destroy your own house, where are you going to live?

“You can imagine the kind of job opportunities that citing that headquarters in Nigeria would have generated, the kind of visibility it would have given Nigeria but we destroyed it. It is what the insiders say about their country that the outsider will use to judge and condemn the country.”

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ad

You May Also Like

Tech

Meta has announced new measures to tackle spammy content on Facebook, aiming to enhance the Feed experience and support authentic creators. These updates are...

News

European Commission has imposed landmark fines on tech giants Apple and Meta in the first enforcement actions under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a...

News

With progress made in accelerating financial inclusion to unbanked and underbanked communities in Nigeria, the Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities Limited (SANEF) has posited...

Tech

MTN Nigeria has announced the rescheduling of the MTN Champs Grand Finale to honour the legacy of its founding Chairman, Mr. Pascal Gabriel Dozie,...