Handling three portfolios all at once must be tough.
Extra tough if that work involves the provision of three of the most dilapidated infrastructures – roads, power and housing – to Nigerians who are very high on their newly found socio-political awareness.
Add the stress of the compulsion to be nice and professional when dealing with Nigerians on social media! And this thread of tweets by the handlers of the Federal Ministry Power, Works and Housing handle on Twitter is what you get:
The beginning:
We are proud of this milestone: Never in the history of Nigeria has a Govt spent N1 Trillion on #infrastructure within a single budget cycle
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) March 30, 2017
Then Nigerians decided to troll:
@AsoRock @IfeAdebayo Lool…. Jokers… Where are the infrastructure?
— Shalom Miriam Shehu (@MiriamShehu) March 30, 2017
@IfeAdebayo @MiriamShehu @AsoRock @FMPWHng Phantom infrastructures. We need to see them physically not some photoshoped nonsense online
— Ataga (@ExplorerAtaga) March 31, 2017
All of a sudden, the Ministry had had it:
This is incorrect. We have ongoing projects in all 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory. https://t.co/DpU4E9TpOT
— Federal Ministry of PWH (@FMPWH) March 31, 2017
Toh. Let’s just let sleeping dogs lie.
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