Friday 2 September 2016

Kemi Adeosun disowns twitter handle where she is quoted to have said recession is just a word

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun has
dissociated herself from a fake Twitter handle
that tweeted 'Recession is just a word and
would soon be a thing of the past' a few days
ago. The finance minister was blasted for the
tweet, which she has now denied tweeting.
Adeosun made the denial in a statement
released by her Special Assistant on Media,
Festus Akanbi. The statement reads;
“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. For the
avoidance of doubt, 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. 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”.