The Honourable Federal Minister of
Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has denied having any Twitter account, describing
any such Twitter handle as fake, reports ITRealms.
The minister through her Special
Assistant on Media, Mr. Festus Akanbi, informed ITRealms insisted that “recession is just a word.”
According to him, the attention of
the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has been drawn to a fake
Twitter handle in her name saying that “recession is just a word.”
He explained for the avoidance of doubt, that the Honourable 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 Honourable Minister, as a Twitter account has not yet
been set up for her,” Akanbi said.
Pointing out that it is obviously
fake and does not represent the views and opinions of the Honourable Minister.
He insisted that at no time did the
Honourable Minister, who addressed the media immediately after Wednesday’s Federal
Executive Council, make such a statement.
Assuring that the Minister has consistently
demonstrated empathy for the plight of Nigerians hard hit by dwindling oil
prices and the impact on the economy.
The account was explicit that @Mrskemiadeosun on Twitter is
a caricature Twitter account of the Honourable Minister of Finance
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria and has the photo of Mrs.
Adeosun.
As at the time going to press, ITRealms gathered that the
Twitter handle got 119 tweets, 20 following 20 Tweet accounts, while 8,198
followers has patronized it whereas it has been listed in 25 places and was
created since November 2015.
Nenye Dom/GEE
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