LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has distanced herself from a twitter account which quoted her as saying “Recession is just a word”
Disowning the twitter account and its content, a statement signed by Festus Akanbi, S.A. Media to Minister of Finance, made available to Urhobotoday which clarified that the Minister did not own a twitter account, pointed out that 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 Honourable Minister.?
“Also at no time did the Honourable Minister, who addressed the media immediately after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council, make such a statement.
“The Minister has consistently demonstrated empathy for the plight of Nigerians hard hit by dwindling oil prices and the impact on the economy,” the statement explained.