Responding to charges that Prof Ngozi Iweala deliberately cropped Tinubu out of a picture she took at the the global finance conference in France…she responds …
Nigerians please relax! Re Paris, Interesting attacks from both sides. Sadly shows the depth of polarization in our society. I post photos in the order received by accompanying staff or colleagues. Reading more into it is unwarranted. Let’s unite to build our country not attack!
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, has been criticized over a photograph she posted from leadership summit in Paris, France.
Okonjo-Iweala had posted a photograph where President Bola Tinubu was alleged to have been cropped out.
Tinubu attended the summit for ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ convened by the French President, Emmanuel Macron.
The summit afforded Tinubu the opportunity of projecting, on a global stage, his advocacy for widening the fiscal space, economic justice for Africa as the world accelerates the pace of energy transition, and the urgency of addressing the pressing issues of poverty and climate change.
However, the photograph posted by Okonjo-Iweala has generated controversy on social media.
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This is the picture and there is no convincing evidence that Tinubu was ever in the picture since there is only one copy.Hardliners on Social media had said she should have taken a picture with Tinubu and that failure to do that amounted to her not recognizing the president. Others felt she was not duty bound to be seen with a president they are convinced is a usurper.
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