Abstract:
On Friday the 4th of June 2021 the Nigeria minister of
information Hon. Lai Mohammed announced an indefinite ban of
the micro-blogging app “Twitter” from the Nigerian internet space
[1]. This directive was almost immediately carried out within 24
hours by mobile phone companies in the country [2]. Although
the government has its reservations and reasons for such action,
it has a lot of potentially harmful prognosis on the lives of the
average Nigerian. This paper aims to communicate some of these
short comings’ health workers will face. Firstly, twitter has served
as a coping mechanism for healthcare workers. As the Nigerian
healthcare worker is almost always over worked and burnt-out,
having a medium to intermittently clear the mind is almost the
only consolation some get. This is not synonymous to social media
addiction, as it rather has a positive correlation with work burnout,
but an intermittent stress relieves medium [3]. Twitter has been
that medium. As health workers often come online during their leisure time to jokingly lament about their stressful days and get
consolations and cheers from fellow (often distant) colleagues
on the app. Who in turn share their own tale? Thus, creating a
seemingly round table conversation with stressed peers.
