Exactly a week after the cabinet of former President
Goodluck Jonathan was dissolved, website of the Ministry of Finance, on
Thursday, still referred to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Finance Minister.
Okonjo-Iweala ceased to be the Coordinating Minister
of the Economy/Minister of Finance on May 28, 2015 when the Jonathan team was
dissolved. Finance, just like other ministries, has been handed over to the permanent secretary pending the appointment of new ministers.
But information culled from the ministry’s website –
www.fmf.gov.ng – on Thursday had shown that domain’s administrator was yet to
publish the changes in government, thus giving misleading information to
Internet users.
Under its “management team” page, the site referred
to Okonjo-Iweala as “honourable minister.” A profile of the ex-minister,
including its career, was also left on the page.
However, on her Facebook page, Okonjo-Iweala has
adopted her new status. She had used the Facebook page to make her position on
recent disagreements she had with some experts on the true position of Nigerian
economy.
Two days after her tenure, she posted
on the Facebook wall, “Nigeria, being one of the
largest oil producers in the world at 2.5 million barrels a day, has suffered
from the 50 per cent decline in oil prices. When 90 per cent of your export
revenues and 50 per cent of your fiscal budget is based on oil, a price drop
…will have dramatic effects.”
The
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment is in the same category with that of
Finance. As of Thursday evening, photographs of the ex-Minister, Dr. Olusegun
Aganga, and Jonathan still adorned its domain.
But the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has followed the example set by
the Ministry of Information, which had promptly reviewed its online platforms
to reflect the changes in the political system.
The
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has removed profile and images of
its former head and now President-elect
of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina. It has replaced him
with Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Sonny Echeno.
Most federal ministries, departments and agencies have paid little
attention to prompt updating of their online communication platforms.
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