Minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this yesterday when he starred on a phone-in program of TV Continental, “This Morning”.

The minister, who did not divulge the recommendations by the federal government ministerial negotiation team to engage with Twitter on the suspension, said its report would be submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari. Mohammed, who headed the team, nonetheless, reiterated that the engagements with the microblogging and social media platform had been encouraging and fruitful.

“All I can say is that the recommendations we are going to make will not only apply to Twitter but they will be related to all OTTs and other social media platforms in Nigeria. “Today, we are dealing with Twitter, we don’t want a situation where we will be dealing with Facebook tomorrow and Instagram the next day. Our recommendations will be very comprehensive.

  “You will recall that during the 61st Independence anniversary celebration, the president said Twitter will return to Nigeria as soon as they meet the conditions of government.

“Even last night, the ministerial team met under my chairmanship and we reviewed the position of things.

“I want to say that we should wait for the committee to officially give its reports to the president but things are looking very positive and rosy.

“After submitting our reports and proposals to the president, I will be disposed to say what we agreed and what have been met and what has not been met,’’ he said.

Following the indefinite suspension of its operations in Nigeria for activities capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence, Twitter had written to the president seeking engagement over the suspension.

 The president afterward set up the ministerial team led by Mohammed, with other members including ministers of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, and that of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, to dialogue with Twitter over its suspension.

Other members are the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami as well as Minister of  Labour, Chris Ngige, and that of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.