Zuckerberg’s visit draws spats, flaks

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THE unannounced visit of Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg to Nigeria, Tuesday has provoked spats, flaks and praises among young tech entrepreneurs and some Information and Communications Technology, ICT professionals. While Zuckerberg is now in Kenya exploring the technology ecosystem there, his Facebook platform is agog with comments that can best be described as different strokes for different folks. 
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Diverse interpreta-tions of and possible outcome of his visit was trending in different facebook accounts. The latest was between two ‘friends’ — Femi Fani-Kayode and Reno Omokri, who were in the media department of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. While Fani-Kayode was director, media and publicity of Jonathan’s campaign team, Omokri was his special assistant on new media. Fani-Kayode had expressed reservations about Zuckerberg’s description of the Hausa Language as unique, Omokri, who felt the description was in order, confronted him headlong.
What Facebook has done deserves commendation and not condemnation. Again, having said this, I must maintain that I have a high regard for your intellect and this intervention should not be interpreted as a confrontation.
Meanwhile, these are not the only two who went to Facebook to express concerns on the visit. President of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association, NiRA, Mr. Sunday Folayan, expressed his concern on his Facebook timeline on what he titled ‘Matters Arising from the Facebook Boy’s visit.’

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