PDP Blast APC over Twitter Headquarters Choice

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticized the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over its comment regarding the choice of Twitter to situate its  African Headquarters in Ghana, describing it as “a non-issue” and a confirmation that the ruling party has little or no understanding of what it takes to govern.

This is as the party noted that the statement issued by the APC “in a desperate bid to justify its manifest misrule and abuse of human rights, shows that the APC and Buhari administration is not ready to end their policy inconsistency and the fettering of our youths through suppression of free speech, stifling of online freedom and open internet, for which Twitter shunned our nation for Ghana.”

The spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kola Ologbondiyan, noted in a statement that the party maintained that “this disposition by the APC and the Buhari Presidency has further strengthened the widespread view among Nigerians that this administration suppresses every vocation in which our youth demography has shown interest.

“Their statement also validates apprehensions in the public space that the APC deliberately worked against the citing of Twitter headquarters in Nigeria because of their plot to forcefully regulate the use of internet in our country.”

The statement read: “A more responsive government and political party, which have the interest of the people at heart, ought to the device all means possible to attract the Africa Headquarters of Twitter to our country given the huge benefits such would have served in the face of grinding unemployment which the APC administration has imposed on our nation.

“It is indeed saddening that rather than devise means such as this opportunity to create wealth and revamp our economy, the APC and the Buhari Presidency are mortgaging the future of our nation through all manner of foreign loans which they cannot account for.

“Now that they have borrowed from all corners of the world and turning our country into a debtor nation, with nothing to show for it, the APC and the Buhari administration have resorted to primitive printing of naira notes not minding the huge inflation as well as devastation such would trigger in our economy.

“From the arrogant disposition of the APC, it is clear that it has no regard for Nigerians and as such has no business being in governance,” the statement added.

Recall that The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed had also reacted to the recent choice of Accra, Ghana as the new Twitter African headquarters office.

He, however, blasted some Nigerians, especially the media whom he accused of struggle to outdo one another in painting Nigeria as a hail where no one can live.

Mohammed argued that the natural expectation is that Nigeria should have been the hub of Twitter business in this part of Africa, given the fact that it has about 25m twitter users against 8m in Ghana.

He said, “The natural expectation is that Nigeria should have been the hub of Twitter in this part of Africa, given the fact that we have about 25m twitter users against 8m in Ghana.

“Clearly, the decision was not a commercial and business one. But, I think Twitter has the prerogative and exclusive rights to decide where to site its headquarters.

“I hope this will serve as a lesson to Nigerians because all the reasons cited by Twitter for sitting its Headquarters in Accra, Ghana is that Ghana is champion of democracy, rule of law among other reasons.

What is your thought on Twitter’s choice of Ghana over Nigeria as its headquarters in Africa?