A former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied reports that she made scathing remarks against President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala made this disclaimer via a post on her Facebook wall on Tuesday.

Reacting to the social media reports which alleged that she faulted the present administration, the ex-minister said the reports were false.

“My attention has been drawn to a spurious and nefarious story circulating on the internet,” she wrote.
“The story makes false claims of utterances against President Buhari.

“I had earlier debunked the same fake news on Jan 5 , 2017, but it is obviously in some people’s interest to see this falsehood circulate again,” she wrote Tuesday.
PREMIUM TIMES observes that the January 5 disclaimer was posted on her wall and signed by her Media Adviser, Paul Nwabukwu.

“The comments on the performance of the Nigerian economy being circulated by unknown persons and attributed to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala were not made by her,” Mr. Nwabukwu had said.

“Like the previous fake audio by an imposter pretending to be her , this is another desperate action by mischievous persons.

“The former minister doesn’t need anyone to speak for her because , as everyone knows, she is very capable of speaking for herself . We urge the media and Nigerian public to ignore these petty gimmicks.

On Tuesday, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala again urged the Nigerian reading public to ignore such fake news.
“Kindly ignore this. These junk news outlets are hereby warned to cease and desist,” she wrote.

CROWNWEALTH019:
What's the OP saying ?

rozayx5:


the zombie op is trying to say that buhari is running the best economy in the world and NOI is endorsing him

okawanyi:
Even if she didn't , the entire nigerians knows this administration is failure

obailala:
Economy: Okonjo-Iweala denies criticising Buhari


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/238901-economy-okonjo-iweala-denies-criticising-buhari.html#comments

Above is the response of NOI to silly concoctions contained in this thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/3956996/how-president-buhari-plunged-nigeria#58998817

Some pathetic PDP/Jonathanian losers just sit behind their computer day and night conjuring silly lies and propaganda and falsely attributing their nonsense to distinguished personalities in order to gain validation.

In the thread above, I rightly mentioned that there was absolutely no way NOI would use such language, but of course, that didnt stop the target audience from masturbating over the obviously false and senseless publication.

Cc: BraniacX, Kenny4lyfe

Kenny4lyfe:


Ok! You've made your point. Biko chop knockle!
I wasn't aware that this post has been in circulation for the past 8 months (thanks to my prolong absence from NL politics section). Haven said that, I apologize.

BUT

Whoever concocted this criticism of PMB even though he hid under the cloak on NOI's popularity (a mistake on his part), made valid points. That was a poor tactic to drive his message closer home but the facts stare us in the face still.

My 1kobo

obailala:
Economy: Okonjo-Iweala denies criticising Buhari


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/238901-economy-okonjo-iweala-denies-criticising-buhari.html#comments

Above is the response of NOI to silly concoctions contained in this thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/3956996/how-president-buhari-plunged-nigeria#58998817

Some pathetic PDP/Jonathanian losers just sit behind their computer day and night conjuring silly lies and propaganda and falsely attributing their nonsense to distinguished personalities in order to gain validation.

In the thread above, I rightly mentioned that there was absolutely no way NOI would use such language, but of course, that didnt stop the target audience from masturbating over the obviously false and senseless publication.

Cc: BraniacX, Kenny4lyfe

BraniacX:
yeah true, you're absolutely right but still, devoid of the messenger, the message remains valid

obailala:
He made what points?... Made points that Buhari's presence caused recession and not oil price crash?... Made sense in what way exactly?... That it was Buhari who squandered reserves from over $60bn to $30bn (even at a time the country made the highest income) ensuring there was virtually nothing in terms of forex savings to bail the country from a surprise oil price drop??... That it was Buhari who ensured Nigeria damaged all its refineries and ensured we spent half of our forex importing petroleum products?... I'm sure it was also Buhari that made sure Nigeria became a dangerously import dependent nation where just about everything from fuel, toothpicks, polythene, clothes, glass, steel, sugar, palm oil etc was imported over the years in massive quantity?... It was probably also Buhari who ensured that an import dependent nation like ours sourced over 93% of its forex from the sale of a volatile commodity?

A narrative might be made for too long and it might be supported by even intellectuals in order to nudge the govt to sit up (after all Buhari and his men were voted into office to clean the mess), but that doesn't necessarily mean the narrative makes complete sense. The only actual statement NOI has made about the recession is that "Lack of political will to save during times of high oil prices" was the chief cause; NOI is an intellectual who wouldn't let her intelligence and integrity be messed up by ignoring the truth and throwing political jabs instead.

obailala:

Valid message right?... What's so valid about the message?

BraniacX:

And your own dismissive narrative holds water and would survive scrutiny right? well, according to you anyway, a bit busy now, later in the day I'll give this debate the attention it so really deserves