The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has denied ever insulting the Igbo people as reflected in a Twitter message credited to her.
A Twitter user, Micah David, had tweeted a message credited to Adeosun from @npower_ng, as saying: “I’m happy that Igbo are gradually becoming insignificant in Nigeria’s financial system & before the end of 2023 Igbos will be insignificant in South East and Nigeria in general.”
Reacting to the tweet, Adeosun said on Twitter handle: “Fake Twitter post circulating in my name, suggesting that I said something derogatory about Igbos. Kindly disregard it.
“It’s nothing but a shoddy attempt to photoshop a hateful statement onto my Twitter handle. I did not say or tweet any such thing. Thank you.”
Also in her Facebook account, she said: “It has come to my attention that there’s a fake Twitter post circulating in my name, suggesting that I said something derogatory about Igbos. Kindly disregard it.
“It’s nothing but a shoddy attempt to photoshop a hateful statement onto my Twitter handle. I did not say or tweet any such thing.
“Every part of Nigeria is important to our financial system and our Economy, and as a Government we will support ALL to achieve their full potential.”