It was extremely laughable as I watched the foolishness yesterday as Nigerians and social commentators including some journalists could actually assume they have been talking with the Nigerian finance Minister Kemi Adeosun for all this time.
Suddenly the account's bio changed into a parody account and they still thought it was her account changed into parody to cover up what she said about the ongoing recession. Why are our people illiterates all the time? A finance minister will have a verified Twitter account to start with n a position like that. Here's what Adeosun said to one of the major daily newspapers Punch through her media aide Festus Akanbi:
“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
“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