Some small businesses that rely on Twitter for survival are finding it tough to cope as a result of the indefinite suspension imposed on the operation of the micro blogging site by the Federal Government.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of JE Stores, Jadesola Praise, said her sales had dipped since the ban was imposed because she depends on the platform to reach her customers.

According to her, JE Stores is a virtual shop that deals in unisex wears, sneakers, bags, slides, writs watches and others with nationwide delivery.

“My sales have been affected. I am hopeful that the government and Twitter will reach an agreement soon so that the nightmare will come to and end,” she said.

Also, a Lagos-based entrepreneur, Ogechi Egemonu, said she was selling more than N500,000 worth of watches, shoes and handbags on Twitter weekly.

Now, with the site suspended by the government, Egemonu does not know how she will cope.

“Social media is where I eat. I depend on social media for my livelihood,” she told Reuters.

Praise and Egemonu are few of the several small, medium enterpriseses (SMEs) in the country that have been affected by the indefinite suspension of the micro-blogging platform.

The Federal Government had on June 4, announced the “indefinite” suspension of Twitter over “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”. It came days after the platform President Muhammadu Buhari’s post threatening to punish secessionist agitators.

He said that a “sizeable number of citizens” use Twitter to make a living.

Parliament’s minority caucus warned the suspension was costing Nigerians “billions of naira on a daily basis.”

Dumebi Iyeke, a research analyst with the Financial Derivatives Company, said it would hit young Nigerians – among whom there is a 45 per cent unemployment rate – the hardest.

“We are looking at a potential loss in their revenue,” Iyeke said, adding that it could further lower living standards amid high inflation.

Information Minister Lai Mohammed last week said that all social media sites must register a local entity and get a license to operate. He cited complaints over lost money as proof that the ban was effective, but said other sites are still available.

“Section 2(1) r of the NBC Act entrusts the Commission with responsibility to ensure strict adherence to the national laws, rules and regulations,” the DG said.

“Section 3.11.2 of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code provides that ‘the broadcaster shall ensure that law enforcement is upheld at all times in a matter depicting that law and order are socially superior to or more desirable than Crime and Anarchy.”

“Attention is also drawn to section 5.6.3 of The Code which requires Broadcasters to be mindful of materials that may cause disaffection, incite to panic or rift in the society in the use of a user generated Content (UGC).

“Note that it will be unpatriotic for any broadcaster in Nigeria to continue to patronise the suspended Twitter as a source of its information therefore strict compliance is enjoined.”

https://www.financialwatchngr.com/2021/06/22/how-small-businesses-are-taking-the-hit-on-twitter-ban/

Mynd44, OAM4J

Agbegbaorogboye:
Those small businesses are corrupt. They are PDP, IPOB and children of hate

Signed
Zombies, Nairaland branch

Sense is far from this one! I don’t get you. Kindly repeat it again!

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Who in their right mind didn't know this would happen?

Economists and business analysts both within and outside of Nigeria stated as much.

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/6/7/nigerian-twitter-ban-how-government-restriction-affects-people

https://punchng.com/twitterban-job-losses-loom-economic-woes-to-worsen-nesg-experts-warn/

MansoryMX:


Sense is far from this one! I don’t get you. Kindly repeat it again!

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Read it again closely. That guy's post is sarcasm.

Though with the rampant crazy, sycophantic behaviour, it's difficult to tell on Nairaland.

Online buying and selling doesn't start and end on Twitter....... same with Freedom of speech.

Facebook, Instagram etc are still available.

MansoryMX:


Sense is far from this one! I don’t get you. Kindly repeat it again!

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If you don't understand this simple sentence, kindly enroll for adult literacy classes

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In Nigeria, people die searching for jobs, people get killed on their farmlands, in their homes, and government doesn’t give a sh****t. So killing businesses whose operations are mostly on Twitter is negligible collateral damage for the government.

Who cares?

ba7man:
Online buying and selling doesn't start and end on Twitter....... same with Freedom of speech.

Facebook, Instagram etc are still available.

And if the lunatics ban Facebook and instagram, you'll tell us to start using postal services, nonsense!

It's simple na. Just download necessary apps.

If you sell on Twitter, you can still use your community Hashtags or sell under the comments of influencers like AproKo Doctor and Our Favourite Online Doctor.

Banana republic of UAR

Everything is now up side down planty sellers but no buyers...
You go out with the little money you have hoping to sell market, you will end up coming back home empty handed...
The one you manage to even sell you sell it cost price for you to meet up family needs small, small your shop, business will be going down before you will know what is happening you are out of business.

One Thing this present government has taught me is not to get too comfortable on a certain business platform. You need to diversify to avoid economic injuries

MansoryMX:


Sense is far from this one! I don’t get you. Kindly repeat it again!

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Itibolibo!

Please don't quote me

May God help us

You mean some of the BMC miscreants who rely on twitter are now out of job.

Government wouldn’t have banned twitter if larger number of youths from the north are using it for business.

But most of their youths are into mai ruwa, mai tea, mai guard,mai so bàtá and mai suya etc they don’t use twitter.

Abbeg Nigeria matter tire me.

Meanwhile, happy one Nigeria

God punish Buhari!
The fucking bastard in aso rock.

Please I do vfx for films and music videos.

You can always contact me or my team via this line 0. 905 167 5. 4. 81

Yet this government will say they are supporting SMEs and will list it among their achievements

ba7man:
Online buying and selling doesn't start and end on Twitter....... same with Freedom of speech.

Facebook, Instagram etc are still available.

I don't think you understand how social Media works.
Building business credibility on any social media platform takes months If not years. It's wrong to debase someones means of income so carelessly

Agbegbaorogboye:
Those small businesses are corrupt. They are PDP, IPOB and children of hate

Signed
Zombies, Nairaland branch

I wonder what PDP, IPOB and children of hat has to do with the suffering of small businesses What a reasoning from you. FYI the FG just inaugurated a team to discuss with Twitter on the lifting of the indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. Is this the cause of IPOB and PDP too?

That's one of the most misguided decision have ever seen in my life this year...am sure the next President will reverse that hopefully!

There is peace and serenity since twitter ban.


Twitter is not the only place for advertisement, we have Facebook, Instagram, nairaland and co.

They have given Nigerians the "change".

nijabazaar:
Please I do vfx for films and music videos.

You can always contact me or my team via this line 0. 905 167 5. 4. 81

This is awesome. How long have you been doing this?