Despite denials on Thursday by Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun that she never utteered the words “recession is a word” as ascribed to her in a tweet via her official Twitter account @MrskemiAdeosun, a video has surfaced where Mrs. Adeosun is seen making the exact utterances she has now vehemently denied.

A tweet via her official Twitter account, @Mrskemiadeosun had played down the significance of a recession after the National Bureau of Statistics announced that Nigeria’s economy contracted by 2.06% in the second quarter, bringing the country into a long predicted recession.

“The strongest of all warriors are these two, time and patience. I know people are concerned about the recession. Recession is a word,” the handle tweeted.

The tweet was later deleted.                              

Festus Akanbi, spokesman for Mr. Adeosun, told Premium Times on Thursday the account was fake and the statements did not reflect the position of his principal.

“The Twitter handle, @Mrskemiadeosun, does not belong to the Honourable Minister of Finance. At no point did she make that kind of statement in her interaction with the media after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday. The fake handle does not belong to her,” Mr. Akanbi said.

“There are several other handles circulating on social media including Facebook.”

Mr. Akanbi also said Mrs. Adeosun has no presence on Twitter.

In what appeared to be a rush at damage control, the bio of Mrs. Adeosun’s Twitter account was edited thus; “Parody Twitter account of the Honourable Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria” as seen in the screenshot below:

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