The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday said she had no Twitter account.
According to her, the Twitter account being used to post comments about the economy in her name in the last 24 hours does not belong to her.
She stated this in a statement issued by her Media Adviser, Mr. Festus Akanbi.
The statement read in part, “The attention of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has been drawn to a fake Twitter handle in her name, saying that ‘recession is just a word.”
For the avoidance of doubt, the minister does not own a Twitter account. The Twitter handle currently trending, and any other Twitter handle presently in existence is not, and cannot be that of the minister as a twitter account has not yet been set up for her. It is obviously fake and does not represent the views and opinions of the minister.
Also at no time did the minister, who addressed the media immediately after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council, make such a statement.”
The statement said that the Finance minister had consistently demonstrated empathy for the plight of Nigerians hard hit by dwindling oil prices and the impact on the economy.
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