Nigeria is keeping an eye on Meta Platforms Inc’s (FB.O) Facebook and other platforms to see if they are complying with demands to limit hate speech on their platforms, as part of a larger drive to promote responsible social media use, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Tuesday.

Mohammed made his remarks after meeting with the Facebook team in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. He said that despite several complaints, Facebook has done nothing to stop the separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from using their platform.

Nnamdi Kanu, the head of IPOB, is facing allegations of terrorism and spreading falsehoods. On Wednesday, a court will decide whether Kanu should be given bail.

According to Mohammed, the separatist group has been designated as a terrorist organisation, and “Facebook has no reason for giving the organisation its platform to continue its hate campaign and destabilisation of the country.”

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Nigeria is dealing with secessionist movement, which has prompted regional proposals for power sharing between the north and south.

In addition to insecurity, banditry, kidnapping, and a weak currency, the country is experiencing double-digit inflation and lacklustre growth.

The Facebook meeting, according to Mohammed, was held to discuss separatists located outside Nigeria’s increased use of the social media platform to incite violence and ethnic hatred in the country in both English and the local language.

He stated that the government does not intend to prohibit Nigerians from using social media, but rather encourages appropriate use.

In January, Nigeria lifted a six-month ban on Twitter (TWTR.N) after the social media platform removed a message by President Muhammadu Buhari threatening to punish regional separatists. Users in Nigeria were then denied access by telecom operators.