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Earlier today
(September 10, 2013), Saharareporters published a scurrilous and totally false story
titled “Nigeria's
Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala Forced THISDAY Publisher to Sack Editor” on its
website.
The report claimed
that the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called the Publisher of THISDAY Newspapers, Mr Nduka
Obaigbena last Saturday to demand the sack of the Saturday Editor of the paper,
Mr Laurence Ani over a story she was allegedly unhappy about.
It further alleged
that as a result of the action, the editor was asked to go on compulsory leave.
The story is a total
fabrication. The alleged conversation did not take place. In fact the minister was
on a flight on her way back from the United States on the day in question. In
other words, the details of the story do not exist outside the warped
imagination of Saharareporters.
The Publisher of
THISDAY has indicated his willingness to confirm that she did not at any time reach
out to him on any such issue or make any such demands as alleged.
This story is the
latest salvo in a campaign of falsehood which Saharareporters has waged against
the Coordinating Minister on behalf of its pay masters.
We are certain that
the campaign will fail because it is founded on falsehood and Nigerians can see
through the antics of this disreputable medium.
Paul C Nwabuikwu
Special
Adviser to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance
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