---
title: "Nigerian Telecom Shut Downs the Twitter Access Across!"  
description: "Nigerian telecom companies have shut down all the accessibility to Twitter just after an executive directive, an industry figure announced on Saturday"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2021-06-05  
updated: 2021-06-05  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/726/nigerian-telecom-shut-downs-the-twitter-access-across  
category: "twitter"  
tags: ["twitter api", "twitter", "news"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

---

# Nigerian Telecom Shut Downs the Twitter Access Across!

Nigerian telecom companies have [shut down](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/108505/what-to-do-if-your-computer-won-t-shut-down) all the [accessibility](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304975/why-image-alt-text-matters-for-seo-and-accessibility) to Twitter just after an executive directive, an industry figure announced on Saturday, a day later the [government](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/276/performance-of-government-in-the-center) declared it would cease the US [social media](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13056/how-to-leverage-social-media-to-attract-lots-of-blog-traffic) giant generally.

![Nigerian Telecom Shut Downs the Twitter Access Across!](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/a564a509-77c5-47e2-91de-2c6b5ebed962/images/4967252f-8b43-47a9-8eeb-99dde8efa52f.jpeg)\

Nigeria declared on Friday it had generally rejected Twitter's actions, 2 days after the [organization](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100623/what-is-the-role-of-the-world-health-organization-in-global-health) discharged a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari that warned to punish local secessionists in the West African nation.

'***We, the Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) need to verify that our associates have got formal directions from the Nigerian [Communications](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44489/leased-lines-and-other-tools-for-business-communications) [Commission](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62212/who-has-been-elected-as-the-first-female-president-of-the-european-commission) (NCC) to reject all the access to Twitter,***' it claimed.

![Nigerian Telecom Shut Downs the Twitter Access Across!](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/a564a509-77c5-47e2-91de-2c6b5ebed962/images/1cf925fc-ce91-451f-b60c-c3ec429c22ac.jpeg)\

ALTON stated telecoms corporations have complied with NCC's regulations, established on national attention. It told the organization will battle with governments and [stakeholders](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80688/crisis-in-libya-too-much-stakeholders) and act as instructed additionally.

![Nigerian Telecom Shut Downs the Twitter Access Across!](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/a564a509-77c5-47e2-91de-2c6b5ebed962/images/2b188119-1677-4712-a859-9df99ec1c96f.jpeg)\

'***As an [enterprise](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/246/enterprise-java-beans-ejb), we validate the status of the [United Nations](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/106102/what-is-the-role-of-the-united-nations) that the equities supported by people offline must also be preserved online***,' ALTON replied.

---

Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/726/nigerian-telecom-shut-downs-the-twitter-access-across

Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.